neighbourhood in Alkmaar
De Horn-Noord
3,235 residents · postal code 1826 · Part of De Mare, Alkmaar
Everything for children close by, thinner wallets
Vandalism is the figure that stands out in De Horn-Noord: more than double the national median, while burglary stays at a fraction of it and property crime falls far below. That a neighbourhood with so few break-ins still gets no higher than 6.4 for safety is down to that vandalism plus a violence rate just above the middle.
The families pillar is strong, and that is largely a matter of location: the primary school is four hundred metres away. The share of households with children is not exceptional and almost a quarter of residents are 65 or over — so the score describes accessibility, not a neighbourhood full of children.
The wealth pillar lags on nearly every component. Property value is far below the national median, the share of high incomes below it, and the social assistance rate almost triple. Only vacancy is low.
- no. 5,861 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 32 of 63 in Alkmaar
How De Horn-Noord scores
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Is De Horn-Noord a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Horn-Noord comes out at 28 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, 108 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
The age profile of De Horn-Noord looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1516%
NL median 14%
- 15–2512%
NL median 11%
- 25–4527%
NL median 22%
- 45–6523%
NL median 28%
- 65+23%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
38% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
34% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,668 — 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 Horn-Noord a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Horn-Noord comes out at 28 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 Horn-Noord?
In De Horn-Noord the police recorded 108 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (28 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 Horn-Noord calculated?
De Horn-Noord scores 6.6 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 Horn-Noord 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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