neighbourhood in Almere
Bouwmeesterbuurt Noord
1,820 residents · postal code 1333 · Part of Bouwmeesterbuurt, Almere
Everything for children close by, and nowhere weak
The overall score of 9.8 in Bouwmeesterbuurt Noord hides where the neighbourhood is weakest: wealth & income stays at 6.5. That is not down to incomes, nor to benefits — the share of households on a high income is above the national median, the share on a low income below it, social assistance is lower than nationally and vacancy is half of what is usual. What drags the pillar down is property value, and of all the components that one weighs by far the heaviest.
The second brake is on quiet & nature. Greenery and tree canopy in the immediate surroundings are both above the national median and there is a striking amount of water, but the measured noise level is clearly above the median. That combination produces a 6.9: green enough to see, not quiet enough to hear. The crime figures do point one way — violence, theft and burglary are all below the national median, only vandalism sits above it.
- no. 393 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 17 of 174 in Almere
How Bouwmeesterbuurt Noord scores
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Is Bouwmeesterbuurt Noord a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Bouwmeesterbuurt Noord comes out at 16 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Bouwmeesterbuurt Noord is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest 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, 31 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
Bouwmeesterbuurt Noord has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 28%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4528%
NL median 22%
- 45–6527%
NL median 28%
- 65+19%
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
2.4 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
23% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
42% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,481 — 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 Bouwmeesterbuurt Noord a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Bouwmeesterbuurt Noord comes out at 16 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Bouwmeesterbuurt Noord is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Bouwmeesterbuurt Noord?
In Bouwmeesterbuurt Noord the police recorded 31 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (16 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 Bouwmeesterbuurt Noord calculated?
Bouwmeesterbuurt Noord scores 9.8 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 Bouwmeesterbuurt 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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Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Almere.
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