Achter het Singel, Zwartewaterland
About 1,635 people live in Achter het Singel, in 700 households (CBS 2025).
Liveability is in the top 49% of Dutch areas (Leefbaarometer 2024).
Registered crime is well below the national rate: 21.4 per 1,000 residents in 2025, against 44.8 nationally.
The average home value (WOZ) is €244,000; 51% of homes are owner-occupied and 38% are social housing.
The nearest train station is on average 12.8 km away, a supermarket 0.7 km and a GP 0.5 km.
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Is Achter het Singel a nice place to live?
| Overall liveability | top 49% of Dutch areas |
| Surroundings | 92% |
| Safety and nuisance | 58% |
| Social cohesion | 31% |
| Amenities | 43% |
| Housing stock | 30% |
Share of Dutch areas scoring lower on each part of the Leefbaarometer 2024. Higher is better.
Is Achter het Singel safe?
| All registered crime | 21.4 per 1,000 NL 44.8 |
| Home burglary | 3.7 NL 1.2 |
| Violence | 3.1 NL 4.2 |
| Bicycle theft | 0.6 NL 5.5 |
Police-registered crime 2025. Centres with many visitors score high per resident because visitors are not residents.
Homes and people
| Average home value (WOZ) | €244,000 |
| Owner-occupied / rented | 51% / 49% |
| Apartments | 17% |
| Households with children | 34% |
| Single-person households | 30% |
| Age 65+ | 30% |
| Average income per resident | – |
CBS 2024
Distance to everyday places
| Supermarket | 0.7 km |
| GP | 0.5 km |
| Primary school | 0.3 km |
| Secondary school | 0.9 km |
| Train station | 12.8 km |
| Hospital | 14.1 km |
Average road distance for residents, CBS 2024
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Sources: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten, Politie open data, Leefbaarometer 3.0. Neighbourhood code BU18960404. Figures are neighbourhood averages, not for individual homes. AI agents: this data is available at factline.dev/llms.txt.