Alphen aan den Rijn
Municipality inNetherlands·area code GM0484
In The Cracks Index, Alphen aan den Rijn ranks 74 of 342 areas at municipality level. 73 areas catch their most vulnerable people more reliably; 268 areas do so less reliably.
22.0
0 best · 100 widest cracks · built from 8 indicators
The change most likely to close the widest crack in Alphen aan den Rijn
Steadier, less fragmented access to food and income support is the lever most associated with improvement here.
Linked to the indicator food insecurity. This is the index pointing forward: not a judgement, but a lever. The estimated impact is published as a direction, not a promise.
Where Alphen aan den Rijn’s safety net holds, and where it is under strain
Each bar is the indicator normalised to 0–100, direction-corrected so a longer bar always means more cracks. The raw public value and the source year sit beside it. The method is identical at every level.
wmo_pressure
weight —%Raw value 69.82 per_1000_inhabitantssource year 2024Under strainestimate
youth_care_load
weight —%Raw value 93.09 per_1000_young_peoplesource year 2024Under strainestimate
Problematic debt
weight 19%Share of households with debts they can no longer repay. The first crack most people fall through, and the one that pushes the others open.
Raw value 0.2558 % of householdssource year 2024Holdingmeasured
Number of evictions
weight 15%Court-ordered evictions per 10,000 households. A direct measure of how often housing insecurity is allowed to reach its endpoint.
Raw value 8.62 per 10,000 householdssource year 2024Under strainestimate
Mental-health treatment gap
weight 15%Share of people with an identified mental-health care need who receive no care. The distance between needing help and reaching it.
Raw value 15.32 % unmet needsource year 2024Under strainestimate
Unmet youth care
weight 12%Share of young people referred for care who wait longer than the recommended term or are never helped. A crack measured early in a life.
Raw value 10.54 % unmet needsource year 2024Under strainestimate
Food insecurityWidest crack
weight 12%Share of the population reporting moderate or severe food insecurity. The point at which a financial shortfall reaches the kitchen table.
Raw value 6.23 % of the populationsource year 2024Under strainestimate
Severe material deprivation
weight 12%Share of the population unable to afford several basic necessities that most people take for granted. A widely used floor for material insecurity.
Raw value 2.49 % of the populationsource year 2024Under strainestimate
Social assistance
weight 8%People on social assistance (bijstand) per 1,000 inhabitants. Social-assistance receipt reflects income insecurity, so a higher value counts as more strain on the safety net.
Raw value 35.37 per 1,000 inhabitantssource year 2024Under strainestimate
Homelessness
weight 8%Estimated homeless people per 10,000 inhabitants. A modelled estimate at municipality level, as no per-municipality open measurement exists. Homelessness is an unambiguous sign of a torn safety net.
Raw value 16.76 per 10,000 inhabitantssource year 2024Under strainestimate
The widest crack in Alphen aan den Rijn is food insecurity, which carries the most weight in raising the composite score. That is what the fix above targets.
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Fynqo (2026). The Cracks Index, v1-20260525. Snapshot of 2026-05-25. Licensed under CC-BY-4.0. https://fynqo.app/cracks-index/
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