neighbourhood in Alkmaar
't Rak-Noord
2,955 residents · postal code 1825 · Part of De Mare, Alkmaar
Everything for children close by, thinner wallets
Of the four types of offence in 't Rak-Noord, one is above the national median: vandalism, at more than double. Violence and burglary sit exactly on the median and property offences below it. That is an unusual pattern, because it is the lightest-weighted of the four categories that pulls the figure down.
The quiet & nature pillar reaches 7.7. A good share of the surface is water, greenery is above the national median and noise almost exactly on it.
The amenities pillar lags at 5.7 because almost everything is just slightly too far off: the supermarket a kilometre away, GP and restaurant a little further still. Only the primary school is close by, and that counts towards a different pillar.
- no. 6,117 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 33 of 63 in Alkmaar
How 't Rak-Noord scores
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Is 't Rak-Noord a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, 't Rak-Noord 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 figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 78 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
The age profile of 't Rak-Noord looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4527%
NL median 22%
- 45–6527%
NL median 28%
- 65+20%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
41% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
34% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,778 — 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 't Rak-Noord a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, 't Rak-Noord 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 't Rak-Noord?
In 't Rak-Noord the police recorded 78 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 't Rak-Noord calculated?
't Rak-Noord scores 6.5 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 't Rak-Noord 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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