neighbourhood in Alkmaar
De Horn-Zuid
3,240 residents · postal code 1826 · Part of De Mare, Alkmaar
Everything for children close by, thinner wallets
De Horn-Zuid combines a high safety score with a wealth pillar well below the middle, and the second is easier to explain than the first. Property value is far below the national median, the share of high incomes below it, the share of low incomes above it, and the social assistance rate more than triple the national level. Four components, one direction.
The 8.6 for safety stands apart from that. Burglary here is a fraction of the national median and violence well below it — precisely the two types that count heaviest in the pillar. Only vandalism rises above the middle.
The 8.7 for families comes mainly from distance: the primary school is four hundred metres away. The share of households with children is not exceptionally high and a quarter of residents are 65 or over. The score therefore describes what is around the corner, not who lives there.
- no. 2,112 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 14 of 63 in Alkmaar
How De Horn-Zuid scores
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Is De Horn-Zuid a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Horn-Zuid comes out at 21 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.
In 2025, 83 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-Zuid looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–2512%
NL median 11%
- 25–4524%
NL median 22%
- 45–6525%
NL median 28%
- 65+24%
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
40% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
31% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,684 — 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-Zuid a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Horn-Zuid comes out at 21 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 De Horn-Zuid?
In De Horn-Zuid the police recorded 83 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (21 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-Zuid calculated?
De Horn-Zuid scores 8.8 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-Zuid 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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