neighbourhood in Alkmaar

Rekerbuurt en Ooievaarsnest

2,155 residents · postal code 1823 · Part of Oudorp, Alkmaar

Top 15% in the Netherlands

Safe, but not spacious

Rekerbuurt en Ooievaarsnest belongs to the two thousand safest neighbourhoods in the Netherlands, and that score rests on all four report types: violence and burglary sit far below the national middle, property crime and vandalism below it too. No category contradicts the picture.

The wealth & income pillar reaches 7.6, with a property value above the median and a social assistance rate well below the national one; the income distribution points the same way.

The 6.0 for families stands out against that. The primary school is eight hundred metres away, so distance does not explain it. The share of children under fifteen stays below the national average and more than one in five residents is 65 or older — that is where this score comes from.

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no. 13 of 63 in Alkmaar

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Is Rekerbuurt en Ooievaarsnest a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Rekerbuurt en Ooievaarsnest comes out at 23 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

22.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

0.7 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.4 per 1,000

Property crime

8.6 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.8 per 1,000

In 2025, 66 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

1.4 km

Train station

1.5 km

Restaurant

0.7 km

Hospital

2.2 km

Café

0.7 km

Library

1.4 km

Motorway ramp

1.9 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

€ 447,000

Welfare recipients

4.6 per 1,000

High incomes

26%

Low incomes

31%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

87%

Social housing

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

85%

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

4,764 inw/km²

Noise level

54 dB

Green surroundings

40%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

3,576

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

0.8 km

Households with children

32%

Childcare

0.8 km

Secondary school

1.3 km

Residents under 15

14%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Rekerbuurt en Ooievaarsnest looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4523%
NL median 22%
45–6531%
NL median 28%
65+22%
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
32% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,764 — 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 Rekerbuurt en Ooievaarsnest a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Rekerbuurt en Ooievaarsnest comes out at 23 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 Rekerbuurt en Ooievaarsnest?

In Rekerbuurt en Ooievaarsnest the police recorded 66 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (23 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 Rekerbuurt en Ooievaarsnest calculated?

Rekerbuurt en Ooievaarsnest scores 8.9 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 Rekerbuurt en Ooievaarsnest 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.