The population is growing about as fast as in Zoetermeer. Registered crime per resident is higher than the average in the municipality of Zoetermeer.
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In 2025, 59 crimes per 1,000 residents were registered in West 3, 37% higher than in Zoetermeer (43). Crimes are counted where they happen, not where the offender lives.
In 2025, West 3 registered 59 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 43 in the municipality of Zoetermeer.
Crime is counted where it happens and divided by the number of residents, so places with many visitors — city centres, nightlife, stations — score higher.
Source: CBS/Politie geregistreerde misdrijven (47018NED) 2025
In 2025, West 3 registered 59 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 43 in the municipality of Zoetermeer.
Registered crime, not all crime — CBS/Politie 47018NED. A year without a matching population figure (KWB) is left out.
Source: CBS/Politie geregistreerde misdrijven (47018NED) 2025
The largest category in West 3 is 'Theft and burglary': 20.7 per 1,000 residents in 2025, against 15.0 in the municipality of Zoetermeer.
Four categories are structurally withheld at buurt level (sex offences, child pornography, child prostitution, other integrity offences); the gap with the published total is shown under 'other'.
Source: CBS/Politie geregistreerde misdrijven (47018NED) 2025
In 2024, police in West 3 registered 1 traffic accidents, of which 0 with injury and none fatal.
Registered accidents (BRON, Rijkswaterstaat); material-damage-only accidents have not been systematically registered since roughly 2010 and are not comparable between areas. This area shows only accidents with an exactly known location (roughly 80-85% of all registered accidents); the rest is known only at street, intersection or gemeente level. The comparison with the gemeente therefore also uses only the gemeente's exactly-located accidents, which is why that figure is lower than on the gemeente's own page.
Source: BRON — Bestand geRegistreerde Ongevallen Nederland (Rijkswaterstaat) 2024
A gp practice lies here at an average road distance of 200 m.
| Distance | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Large supermarket | 1,200 m | – |
| GP practice | 200 m | – |
| Primary school | 900 m | – |
| Daycare | 900 m | – |
| Large supermarkets | – | 0 |
| GP practices | – | 1 |
| Daycares | – | 1.6 |
Average road distance from every address in this buurt to the nearest amenity, and the average count within 1 km — a buurt average, not a distance from one address.
Source: CBS proximity statistics 2025
West 3 has 295 inhabitants (2026), or 6,831 per km² (77% higher than in Zoetermeer). Between 2025 and 2026 the population rose 2%, against a rise of 1% in Zoetermeer. In the 2025 House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer) election, turnout in the municipality of Zoetermeer was 74%, 4 percentage points below the national 78%. Of the parties that are largest nationally, PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid) had the highest share there: 20% of the vote, against 17% nationally. Election results exist only per municipality, so these are the municipality's figures.
The population grew 2% between 2025 and 2026, to 295.
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
With 6,831 residents per km², this buurt is 77% more densely populated than the municipality of Zoetermeer.
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
In 2025, almost no children were born; almost no one died.
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025
45% of residents are between 25 and 45.
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
73% of residents are never married.
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
66% of residents have European origin (outside the Netherlands).
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
These figures are for the whole municipality of Zoetermeer; there is no result per buurt or wijk. At the general election (Tweede Kamer) of 29 October 2025, 74% of eligible voters in Zoetermeer voted. The largest party was PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid) with 20% of the valid votes.
Official election result (Kiesraad), top 8 parties by national vote count plus 'Other'; share of valid votes. A voter may vote at any polling station in their own gemeente; there is therefore no reliable buurt- or wijk-level result. This figure is the whole gemeente's own result.
Source: Kiesraad — Verkiezingsuitslag Tweede Kamer (data.overheid.nl) TK2025
In 2025, 0 passenger cars and 0 motorcycles were registered here.
At this level CBS publishes only passenger cars and motorcycles, no vans or trucks.
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025
75% of addresses are residential; the largest other use is office (100%).
Based on 4 verblijfsobjecten in use. An object with several registered uses (e.g. a flat above a shop) is counted under each of them, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
Source: Kadaster BAG (bag-light.gpkg) 2026-09-01
6,831 residents per km²: 13 times as densely populated as the Dutch average.
The 5 characteristics that differ most from the national average, ranked by log ratio (so a halving and a doubling count as equally different); the shown percentage is the ordinary difference against the Netherlands.
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026