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neighbourhood in Alkmaar

De Rijp

4,240 residents · postal code 1483 · Part of Graft-De Rijp, Alkmaar

  • no. 932 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 8 of 63 in Alkmaar

Scores per pillar

De Rijp is a historic village in Noord-Holland where safety (9.9) and green space (8.0) together yield a total of 9.5. The trade-off is distance to services: the nearest station is almost twelve kilometres away and the amenities score stays at 5.9. More than nine in ten homes are single-family and three-quarters are owner-occupied. Building is thin, at 1,276 residents per square kilometre.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
0.8 km
General practitioner
0.9 km
Primary school
0.7 km
Secondary school
10.7 km
Childcare
0.6 km
Train station
11.7 km
Hospital
12.4 km
Restaurant
0.6 km
Café
1.0 km
Library
0.6 km

Safety

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

Total crimes
14.9
Violent crimes
0.4
Burglaries
0.2

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 447,000
Owner-occupied
75%
Single-family homes
92%
Built after 2000
18%
Income per resident
€ 36,000

Who lives here

0–15 16%15–25 10%25–45 23%45–65 27%65+ 23%
Average household size
2.2
Households with children
37%
Single-person households
33%
Residents per km²
1,276

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for De Rijp calculated?

De Rijp scores 9.5 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 Rijp a safe neighbourhood?

De Rijp scores 9.9 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (14.9 per year). The national median is around 24.1.