neighbourhood in Alkmaar
Bergerhof en Blaeustraatkwartier
1,955 residents · postal code 1817 · Part of West, Alkmaar
Everything close by, safety lags
Property crime is the whole explanation for a 4.7 on safety here. In Bergerhof en Blaeustraatkwartier it sits clearly above the national middle, while violence lands exactly on the median and burglary barely above it. So this is about things going missing, not about a neighbourhood that feels different after dark than anywhere else in the country.
The wealth & income pillar shows the reverse. The lowest income group is distinctly thinner here than nationally, social assistance is rare and little property stands empty. Even so the score stalls at a 6.3, and that comes from the component carrying almost two fifths of this pillar: the property value is below the Dutch middle.
What makes the neighbourhood practically strong is access. The station is a kilometre away and supermarket, GP and school are all within a kilometre — a combination you do not often find this far from a city centre.
- no. 4,444 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 25 of 63 in Alkmaar
How Bergerhof en Blaeustraatkwartier scores
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Is Bergerhof en Blaeustraatkwartier a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Bergerhof en Blaeustraatkwartier comes out at 29 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 79 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.
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 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
Bergerhof en Blaeustraatkwartier has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 33%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–2512%
NL median 11%
- 25–4533%
NL median 22%
- 45–6525%
NL median 28%
- 65+15%
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
1.8 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
53% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
29% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,790 — 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.
Frequently asked questions
Is Bergerhof en Blaeustraatkwartier a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Bergerhof en Blaeustraatkwartier comes out at 29 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. One caveat: the figure counts per person present, not per resident. In a neighbourhood with many visitors — a centre, a station, a shopping area — it therefore comes out higher than residents experience. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Bergerhof en Blaeustraatkwartier?
In Bergerhof en Blaeustraatkwartier the police recorded 79 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (29 per 1,000) is not simply that count divided by the number of residents: we count residents plus workplaces, so a shopping street or station is not unfairly penalised, and for small counts we pull the figure towards the national average — otherwise a single incident would make a small neighbourhood look unsafe.
How is the grade for Bergerhof en Blaeustraatkwartier calculated?
Bergerhof en Blaeustraatkwartier scores 7.5 as its total score. That grade is a national position: we weigh five equally heavy scores — safety, amenities, wealth & income, quiet & nature and families — and see where Bergerhof en Blaeustraatkwartier lands among every neighbourhood in the Netherlands. So it is not the mean of the five grades, but a place in the queue. All from open data published by CBS and the police.
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