neighbourhood in Alkmaar

Daalmeer-Zuidwest

2,780 residents · postal code 1827 · Part of Daalmeer/Koedijk, Alkmaar

Top 50% in the Netherlands

Safe streets, thinner wallets

Of the four types of offence in Daalmeer-Zuidwest, one sits above the national middle, and that is vandalism — more than double. Violence and theft sit far below it and burglary lands exactly on the median. Because vandalism is the lightest component of the safety pillar, that pillar still comes out at a 7.8, but what residents run into here is damage to property, not something worse.

Wealth is the reverse picture and is weak across several components. Property value sits far below the national middle, high incomes are thinly spread, low ones are not, and the social assistance rate is more than five times the Dutch median. Only vacancy is minimal, which suggests the homes themselves are sought after.

The 6.0 for amenities deserves a note: supermarket, GP and school are all within a kilometre, but the restaurant is well beyond that and the station several kilometres off. Day to day, everything here is close; anything beyond that is not.

no. 6,537 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 38 of 63 in Alkmaar

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Is Daalmeer-Zuidwest a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Daalmeer-Zuidwest comes out at 18 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer 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.

Total crime

17.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.4 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.6 per 1,000

Property crime

3.5 per 1,000

Vandalism

5.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 54 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

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Amenities

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Supermarket

0.8 km

GP practice

0.9 km

Train station

3.9 km

Restaurant

1.7 km

Hospital

5.9 km

Café

2.4 km

Library

2.5 km

Motorway ramp

1.2 km

Tick = Dutch median

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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.

Property value

€ 310,000

Welfare recipients

43.2 per 1,000

High incomes

11%

Low incomes

44%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

41%

Social housing

56%

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Single-family homes

78%

Built after 2000

Tick = Dutch median

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Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.

Population density

6,797 inw/km²

Noise level

50 dB

Green surroundings

48%

Trees nearby

14%

Water share

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Addresses per km²

2,395

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.5 µg/m³

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

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Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.

Primary school

0.5 km

Households with children

30%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

1.6 km

Residents under 15

14%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Daalmeer-Zuidwest has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 28%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4528%
NL median 22%
45–6528%
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
1.9 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
46% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
30% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,797 — 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 Daalmeer-Zuidwest a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Daalmeer-Zuidwest comes out at 18 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Daalmeer-Zuidwest?

In Daalmeer-Zuidwest the police recorded 54 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (18 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 Daalmeer-Zuidwest calculated?

Daalmeer-Zuidwest scores 6.3 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 Daalmeer-Zuidwest 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.