neighbourhood in Alkmaar

Oudorp-Centrum

1,955 residents · postal code 1829 · Part of Oudorp, Alkmaar

Top 13% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

The number of reported offences in Oudorp-Centrum is well below the national middle, and still the safety pillar stalls at a 6.8. The explanation is in the breakdown: violence, property crime and vandalism all sit below the median, but burglary sits almost four times above it. Burglary carries more than a quarter of this pillar, and it pulls the score down while the total looks reassuring.

The 8.7 for families needs a second caveat. Almost a third of residents are 65 or older and the share of children is below the national figure. So that score does not come from who lives here but from where everything stands: the primary school is four hundred metres away, and school and childcare distance make up the lion's share of that pillar. A neighbourhood that is ageing while scoring excellently on families is not a contradiction but a misreading that is easily made.

no. 1,671 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 9 of 63 in Alkmaar

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Is Oudorp-Centrum a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Oudorp-Centrum comes out at 16 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Oudorp-Centrum is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.

The figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

16.2 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.7 per 1,000

Burglaries

2.3 per 1,000

Property crime

4.5 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 36 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

0.7 km

GP practice

0.6 km

Train station

3.0 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

3.6 km

Café

0.6 km

Library

1.0 km

Motorway ramp

0.9 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

€ 469,000

Welfare recipients

5.1 per 1,000

High incomes

23%

Low incomes

37%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

75%

Social housing

16%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

78%

Built after 2000

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

4,258 inw/km²

Noise level

51 dB

Green surroundings

50%

Trees nearby

11%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,493

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.7 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

0.4 km

Households with children

33%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

2.7 km

Residents under 15

15%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Oudorp-Centrum has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 32%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1515%
NL median 14%
15–259%
NL median 11%
25–4518%
NL median 22%
45–6525%
NL median 28%
65+32%
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
32% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
33% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,258 — 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 Oudorp-Centrum a safe neighbourhood?

How much crime is there in Oudorp-Centrum?

In Oudorp-Centrum the police recorded 36 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (16 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 Oudorp-Centrum calculated?

Oudorp-Centrum scores 9.0 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 Oudorp-Centrum 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.