neighbourhood in Almere

Noorderplassen W.- Noord

1,240 residents · postal code 1319 · Part of Noorderplassen, Almere

Top 12% in the Netherlands

Well-off, and well out of town

More than a quarter of the residents of Noorderplassen West-Noord are under fifteen and only a handful are 65 or older; in age structure this is one of the youngest neighbourhoods you come across in the figures. Two in three households have children.

Even so the families pillar gets no further than a 7.2, because the primary school is more than a kilometre away and school distance weighs most heavily in it. The same distances hold amenities at a 4.6, with the railway station as the biggest obstacle.

The wealth & income pillar shows the reverse: high property values, little vacancy, a narrow low-income group and a social assistance rate around the national middle produce a 9.7. The number of reported offences is meanwhile less than half the national median.

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no. 42 of 174 in Almere

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Is Noorderplassen W.- Noord a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Noorderplassen W.- Noord comes out at 11 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Noorderplassen W.

The figures ⌄

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

10.8 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.0 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.6 per 1,000

Property crime

2.9 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.1 per 1,000

In 2025, 9 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

1.4 km

GP practice

1.4 km

Train station

4.7 km

Restaurant

1.2 km

Hospital

6.1 km

Café

4.6 km

Library

5.8 km

Motorway ramp

2.9 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

€ 690,000

Welfare recipients

8.1 per 1,000

High incomes

43%

Low incomes

24%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

89%

Social housing

10%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

89%

Built after 2000

100%

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

2,033 inw/km²

Noise level

46 dB

Green surroundings

46%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

448

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.4 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

1.3 km

Households with children

67%

Childcare

0.9 km

Secondary school

4.8 km

Residents under 15

27%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Noorderplassen W.- Noord has strikingly many children under 15: 27%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1527%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4530%
NL median 22%
45–6528%
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
14% — far fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
67% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,033 — less 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 Noorderplassen W.- Noord a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Noorderplassen W.- Noord comes out at 11 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Noorderplassen W.- 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 Noorderplassen W.- Noord?

In Noorderplassen W.- Noord the police recorded 9 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (11 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 Noorderplassen W.- Noord calculated?

Noorderplassen W.- Noord scores 9.1 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 Noorderplassen W.- 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.