neighbourhood in Alkmaar

Oudorperpolder-Zuid

2,175 residents · postal code 1823 · Part of Oudorp, Alkmaar

Bottom 31% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

The social assistance rate in Oudorperpolder-Zuid stands at more than thirteen times the national median. This is not a neighbourhood falling slightly behind, it is a different kind of housing stock: the share of owner-occupied homes does not reach a sixth, and single-family homes are scarce. The 3.2 for wealth & income follows from that, with a property value well below the national middle and a share of low incomes far above it.

The 4.6 for safety comes mainly from violence, which runs at more than double the national median and determines almost a third of that pillar. Theft is above it too, burglary is not. The total barely deviates from the national figure; the make-up underneath all the more.

Against that stands an 8.7 for amenities — supermarket and GP within six hundred metres, the station a couple of kilometres out. What is not close is the primary school, over a kilometre away, and that pushes the families pillar down to 6.7 in a neighbourhood where almost four in ten households have children.

no. 9,075 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 52 of 63 in Alkmaar

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Is Oudorperpolder-Zuid a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Oudorperpolder-Zuid comes out at 26 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood.

The figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

25.5 per 1,000

Violent crime

4.9 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.5 per 1,000

Property crime

10.6 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 65 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

0.6 km

GP practice

0.5 km

Train station

2.4 km

Restaurant

1.3 km

Hospital

2.8 km

Café

0.7 km

Library

0.5 km

Motorway ramp

1.5 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

€ 300,000

Welfare recipients

105.7 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

56%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

16%

Social housing

81%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

14%

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

8,241 inw/km²

Noise level

51 dB

Green surroundings

44%

Trees nearby

11%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,937

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.8 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

1.4 km

Households with children

37%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

2.4 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Oudorperpolder-Zuid has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 14%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–2514%
NL median 11%
25–4524%
NL median 22%
45–6529%
NL median 28%
65+17%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
45% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
37% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
8,241 — 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 Oudorperpolder-Zuid a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Oudorperpolder-Zuid comes out at 26 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 Oudorperpolder-Zuid?

In Oudorperpolder-Zuid the police recorded 65 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (26 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 Oudorperpolder-Zuid calculated?

Oudorperpolder-Zuid scores 4.8 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 Oudorperpolder-Zuid 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.