The districts of West Maas en Waal
West Maas en Waal has 20,595 residents (2026), spread across 8 districts and 16 neighbourhoods.
Safe, but everything is a drive away
West Maas en Waal averages 7.1, which puts the municipality above 61% of Dutch neighbourhoods. Safety lifts that grade with 7.9; amenities hold it back at 5.2. The highest neighbourhood grades sit in Buitengebied Beneden-Leeuwen (9.0), the lowest in Buitengebied Appeltern (4.8). That is 4.2 points of difference inside one municipality.
Key figures for West Maas en Waal
- residents
- 20,595
- districts
- 8
- neighbourhoods
- 16
- km² of land
- 76.2
How West Maas en Waal scores
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The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 406 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
The safest neighbourhoods in West Maas en Waal →The most dangerous neighbourhoods in West Maas en Waal →
The figures ⌄Amenities
Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Wealth & income
What the homes are worth, what residents earn and how many homes stand empty. It describes the area, not the people living in it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Quiet & nature
How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Not part of the grade: air quality varies mostly between regions, barely between neighbourhoods within one municipality. WHO guideline: 5 µg/m³. Calculated annual mean, RIVM 2024.
Tick = Dutch median
The quietest, greenest neighbourhoods in West Maas en Waal →
The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Tick = Dutch median
Who lives here
The age profile of West Maas en Waal looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4523%
NL median 22%
- 45–6530%
NL median 28%
- 65+23%
NL median 22%
Share of residents per age group (CBS, 2025). All five bars share one scale, so their lengths can be compared with each other.
Average household size
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
30% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
34% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,776 — less densely populated than average
NL median 2,364
Tick = Dutch median. Households with children counts towards Families, population density towards Quiet & nature; the other figures here get no grade. Average of the neighbourhoods in West Maas en Waal, weighted by population.
Strongest neighbourhoods
The best neighbourhoods in West Maas en Waal →Buitengebied Beneden-Leeuwen
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Kern Maasbommel
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Buitengebied Boven-Leeuwen
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Buitengebied Alphen
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Kern Appeltern
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Kern Altforst
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Weakest neighbourhoods
Buitengebied Appeltern
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Buitengebied Wamel
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Buitengebied Altforst
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The worst and the safest districts of West Maas en Waal
The worst districts of West Maas en Waal are in one ranking, the safest in the other. Both are built on registered crimes per 1,000 people present, not on reputation.
- The worst and most dangerous areas of West Maas en Waal: the neighbourhoods with the most registered crime.
- The safest areas of West Maas en Waal: the same measurement, the other end of the list.
- All rankings for West Maas en Waal →
Other rankings
The 8 districts of West Maas en Waal with a grade
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