neighbourhood in Alkmaar
Vroonermeer-Noord
2,245 residents · postal code 1822 · Part of Vroonermeer, Alkmaar
Safe, but not spacious
In Vroonermeer-Noord almost seventy per cent of households have children and nearly a third of residents are under fifteen, while barely one in twenty-five is over 65. Every home dates from after 2000. Such a population is rare in the Netherlands, and the 8.8 for families is its reflection.
Property values run at more than one and a half times the national median and the share of high incomes at almost double it, with few low incomes and virtually no vacancy alongside: a 9.1 for wealth & income that no component contradicts.
The brake sits at 3.2 for quiet & nature. Almost seven thousand residents per square kilometre, no water and greenery below the national middle — this is densely built polder ground. And the safety pillar of 9.1 hides one deviation: vandalism runs well above the median here, while violence, burglary and property crime stay far beneath it.
- no. 1,288 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 8 of 63 in Alkmaar
How Vroonermeer-Noord scores
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Is Vroonermeer-Noord a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Vroonermeer-Noord comes out at 19 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 47 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
Vroonermeer-Noord has strikingly many children under 15: 30%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1530%
NL median 14%
- 15–2513%
NL median 11%
- 25–4531%
NL median 22%
- 45–6523%
NL median 28%
- 65+4%
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
3.0 — far larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
18% — far fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
68% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,693 — 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 Vroonermeer-Noord a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Vroonermeer-Noord comes out at 19 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Vroonermeer-Noord?
In Vroonermeer-Noord the police recorded 47 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (19 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 Vroonermeer-Noord calculated?
Vroonermeer-Noord scores 9.3 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 Vroonermeer-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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