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neighbourhood in Alkmaar

De Hoef I en II

3,325 residents · postal code 1816 · Part of West, Alkmaar

  • no. 7,530 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 42 of 63 in Alkmaar

Scores per pillar

De Hoef I en II is mostly home to people living alone: 58 percent of households are single-person and families are scarce. Amenities are close and plentiful, worth a 9.6, with station, school and supermarket within half a kilometre. Safety is the flip side at 3.7, with nearly 30 crimes per 1,000 people present. At €309,000, home values stay below the national middle.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
0.5 km
General practitioner
0.6 km
Primary school
0.5 km
Secondary school
0.7 km
Childcare
0.6 km
Train station
1.4 km
Hospital
1.8 km
Restaurant
0.4 km
Café
0.4 km
Library
1.8 km

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year (residents plus business activity, see method). Small neighbourhoods are statistically smoothed.

Total crimes
29.4
Violent crimes
2.4
Burglaries
0.7

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 309,000
Owner-occupied
66%
Single-family homes
32%
Built after 2000
17%
Income per resident
€ 36,000

Who lives here

0–15 11%15–25 9%25–45 32%45–65 28%65+ 20%
Average household size
1.7
Households with children
20%
Single-person households
58%
Residents per km²
6,845

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for De Hoef I en II calculated?

De Hoef I en II scores 5.7 overall. That is a weighted average of five pillars: safety, amenities, housing, social & income, and nature & quiet. Each pillar compares this neighbourhood with every other neighbourhood in the Netherlands, using open data from CBS and the police.

Is De Hoef I en II a safe neighbourhood?

De Hoef I en II scores 3.7 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (29.4 per year). The national median is around 24.1.