neighbourhood in Alkmaar
De Hoef I en II
3,325 residents · postal code 1816 · Part of West, Alkmaar
Everything close by, safety lags
De Hoef I en II stands out on amenities as one of the best-served places in the country — supermarket, GP and restaurant are all within six hundred metres — and drops to 3.7 on safety. That 3.7 has no single explanation: violence, burglary, theft and vandalism are all four above the national median here. So this is not the picture of a busy centre where mainly possessions disappear; it is higher right across the board.
The families score of 6.5 needs explaining, because the primary school is around the corner. The pillar still lags because of its other part: the share of households with children is one of the smallest here, and almost six in ten addresses are single-person households.
The wealth & income pillar points downward with no outlier, with a property value far below the national middle and a social assistance rate well above it.
- no. 6,452 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 36 of 63 in Alkmaar
How De Hoef I en II scores
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Is De Hoef I en II a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Hoef I en II 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, 130 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
De Hoef I en II has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 32%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1511%
NL median 14%
- 15–259%
NL median 11%
- 25–4532%
NL median 22%
- 45–6528%
NL median 28%
- 65+20%
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
1.7 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
58% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
20% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,845 — 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 De Hoef I en II a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Hoef I en II 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 De Hoef I en II?
In De Hoef I en II the police recorded 130 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 De Hoef I en II calculated?
De Hoef I en II 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 De Hoef I en II 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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