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Graft

885 residents · postal code 1484 · Part of Graft-De Rijp, Alkmaar

  • no. 1,149 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 11 of 63 in Alkmaar
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Scores per pillar

Home to 885 residents, Graft is a rural area in Alkmaar. Measured against every neighbourhood in the Netherlands, it scores 9.3 out of 10. The profile is pronounced: safety scores 9.8, while amenities lags at 4.6.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
0.9 km
General practitioner
0.9 km
Primary school
1.7 km
Secondary school
11.6 km
Childcare
1.6 km
Train station
12.4 km
Hospital
13.3 km
Restaurant
1.1 km
Café
1.4 km
Library
1.6 km

Safety

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

Total crimes
12.6
Violent crimes
0.6
Burglaries
0.2

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 512,000
Owner-occupied
78%
Single-family homes
92%
Built after 2000
13%
Income per resident
–

Who lives here

0–15 11%15–25 12%25–45 17%45–65 31%65+ 30%
Average household size
2.3
Households with children
37%
Single-person households
29%
Residents per km²
255

Nearby neighbourhoods

West-Graftdijk

Alkmaar

8.9

De Rijp

Alkmaar

9.5

Oost-Graftdijk

Alkmaar

6.2

Driehuizen

Alkmaar

9.1

Westbeemster

Purmerend

8.4

Grootschermer

Alkmaar

8.2

Similar neighbourhoods

Westerstraat e.o.

Amersfoort

9.3

Toorenvliedt

Middelburg (Z.)

9.3

Kloosterakker

Assen

9.3

Klarenbeek (gedeeltelijk)

Voorst

9.3

Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Graft calculated?

Graft scores 9.3 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 Graft a safe neighbourhood?

Graft scores 9.8 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (12.6 per year). The national median is around 24.1.