neighbourhood in Alkmaar

Huiswaard-2-Oost

1,820 residents · postal code 1824 · Part of Huiswaard, Alkmaar

Bottom 37% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

Almost everything here is within walking distance, right down to the railway station: it is five hundred metres away, and that earns Huiswaard-2-Oost an 8.9 for amenities. That same position is why the quiet & nature pillar stays at a 3.6. The noise level is well above the national middle and population density is high. Proximity and quiet are literally two sides of the same thing here.

The wealth & income pillar is the weak point at a 4.3, and that is not a mixed picture. Property value is far below the Dutch middle, the share of residents on social assistance is almost three times above it, and the highest income group is thinner than nationally.

The primary school is just over a kilometre away, and that distance weighs heaviest in the families pillar. Anyone living here with children has every amenity close by except the one that counts daily.

no. 8,287 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 47 of 63 in Alkmaar

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Is Huiswaard-2-Oost a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Huiswaard-2-Oost comes out at 24 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood.

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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

24.1 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.6 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.5 per 1,000

Property crime

11.3 per 1,000

Vandalism

4.1 per 1,000

In 2025, 52 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

0.5 km

GP practice

0.9 km

Train station

0.5 km

Restaurant

0.4 km

Hospital

3.7 km

Café

1.9 km

Library

1.2 km

Motorway ramp

1.1 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

€ 317,000

Welfare recipients

22.0 per 1,000

High incomes

15%

Low incomes

38%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

58%

Social housing

26%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

59%

Built after 2000

16%

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

6,854 inw/km²

Noise level

59 dB

Green surroundings

49%

Trees nearby

15%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,070

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.6 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

1.2 km

Households with children

29%

Childcare

1.0 km

Secondary school

1.0 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Huiswaard-2-Oost has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 33%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4533%
NL median 22%
45–6524%
NL median 28%
65+16%
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
1.9 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
52% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
29% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,854 — 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 Huiswaard-2-Oost a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Huiswaard-2-Oost comes out at 24 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Huiswaard-2-Oost?

In Huiswaard-2-Oost the police recorded 52 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (24 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 Huiswaard-2-Oost calculated?

Huiswaard-2-Oost scores 5.2 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 Huiswaard-2-Oost 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.