neighbourhood in Alkmaar

De Rijp

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

Top 9% in the Netherlands

Safe, but everything is a drive away

The railway station is almost twelve kilometres away, and that is the main reason amenities in De Rijp stay at a 6.3 while shop, GP and school are all within a kilometre. For residents that is the trade: everyday convenience against everyday travel.

Quiet & nature reaches an 8.2 with a tree canopy that is in fact far below the national median. It is the open greenery, the water and a noise level below the median that carry the figure; in this pillar every component counts equally, so the weak point does not weigh extra.

Safety comes to 9.5 with burglary at a fraction of the national median. Only vandalism is slightly above it, and that is the single thing disturbing the picture.

no. 1,071 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 6 of 63 in Alkmaar

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Is De Rijp a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, De Rijp comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: De Rijp is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.

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Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

14.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

0.8 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.2 per 1,000

Property crime

5.2 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 84 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

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Amenities

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

Supermarket

0.8 km

GP practice

0.9 km

Train station

11.7 km

Restaurant

0.6 km

Hospital

12.4 km

Café

1.0 km

Library

0.6 km

Motorway ramp

0.8 km

Tick = Dutch median

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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.

Property value

€ 447,000

Welfare recipients

4.7 per 1,000

High incomes

21%

Low incomes

34%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

75%

Social housing

18%

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Single-family homes

92%

Built after 2000

18%

Tick = Dutch median

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Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.

Population density

1,276 inw/km²

Noise level

49 dB

Green surroundings

71%

Trees nearby

Water share

14%

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Addresses per km²

618

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.5 µg/m³

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

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Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.

Primary school

0.7 km

Households with children

37%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

10.7 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of De Rijp looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4523%
NL median 22%
45–6527%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
33% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
37% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,276 — far less 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 Rijp a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, De Rijp comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: De Rijp is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in De Rijp?

In De Rijp the police recorded 84 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (15 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 Rijp calculated?

De Rijp scores 9.4 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 Rijp 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.