district in Alphen aan den Rijn
Boskoop
Boskoop has 15 neighbourhoods with 16,730 residents in total.
Boskoop has long run on ornamental horticulture, fifteen neighbourhoods and nearly 17,000 residents among the tree nurseries in the municipality of Alphen aan den Rijn. The overall comes to 7.1, with safety (7.3), amenities (7.4) and quiet and nature (6.6) all around or above the middle. Wealth and income comes to 5.9. Families land on 7.2. A water-laced growers' village with a distinctly green economy.
no. 6 of the 15 districts of Alphen aan den Rijn
Short answer: Boskoop scores 8.1 as a district of Alphen aan den Rijn, no. 6 of the 15 districts of Alphen aan den Rijn. Its strongest neighbourhood is Biezen-West (9.8), the worst Zonnedauw (3.2). The district has 15 neighbourhoods with 16,730 residents in total.
Key figures for Boskoop
- residents
- 16,730
- neighbourhoods
- 15
- km² of land
- 15
How Boskoop 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, 411 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
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The figures ⌄Amenities
Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
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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.
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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 Alphen aan den Rijn →
The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
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The best neighbourhoods for families in Alphen aan den Rijn →
Who lives here
The age profile of Boskoop looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1516%
NL median 14%
- 15–2512%
NL median 11%
- 25–4525%
NL median 22%
- 45–6527%
NL median 28%
- 65+21%
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
32% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
35% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,064 — far more 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 Boskoop, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Boskoop
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Neighbourhoods in Boskoop
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