neighbourhood in Alkmaar
Spoorbuurt
2,425 residents · postal code 1815 · Part of Centrum, Alkmaar
Everything close by, little space
There is one offence type on which Spoorbuurt scores exceptionally well: burglary, with barely a single report per thousand residents. On every other front the picture is reversed. Violence here runs at almost six times the national median and vandalism at more than four times. Hence the 3.7 for safety.
The 9.3 for amenities comes from that same location in the centre of Alkmaar: the station is four hundred metres away, restaurant and supermarket around the corner.
The wealth & income pillar stays near the middle at 5.3, and that score is mixed. The share of low incomes is actually below the national median and that of high incomes above it, while property value and vacancy work out less favourably. Anyone reading wealth here should not read a single component.
- no. 9,950 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 59 of 63 in Alkmaar
How Spoorbuurt scores
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Is Spoorbuurt a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Spoorbuurt comes out at 110 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Spoorbuurt is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 461 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
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The figures ⌄Amenities
Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄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.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Quiet & nature
How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
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
The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Tick = Dutch median
Who lives here
Spoorbuurt has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 37%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1510%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4537%
NL median 22%
- 45–6529%
NL median 28%
- 65+13%
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
1.7 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
52% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
21% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
10,472 — 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 Spoorbuurt a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Spoorbuurt comes out at 110 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Spoorbuurt is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes. One caveat: the figure counts per person present, not per resident. In a neighbourhood with many visitors — a centre, a station, a shopping area — it therefore comes out higher than residents experience. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Spoorbuurt?
In Spoorbuurt the police recorded 461 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (110 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 Spoorbuurt calculated?
Spoorbuurt scores 4.3 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 Spoorbuurt 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.
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