neighbourhood in Beverwijk
Westertuinen
2,170 residents · postal code 1944 · Part of Noordwestelijk tuinbouwgebied, Beverwijk
Safe, but not spacious
Westertuinen earns a 9.0 for safety with all four crime types below the national median — violence at a little over half of it, theft at less than half. The total stays a third below the national middle.
Against that stands a 3.3 for quiet & nature, and at this building density the figure surprises less than the district's name suggests. The share of green space within three hundred metres is below the national median, the tree canopy too, there is no water, and traffic noise runs a good two decibels above the middle. Greenery in the surroundings is not the same as greenery at the door.
The 7.8 for wealth & income leans on a property value above the national middle, a broad high-income bracket and a social assistance rate at a little over half the national one. Almost nine in ten homes are owner-occupied.
The families pillar sticks at 7.1; the school is eight hundred metres away and almost three in ten residents are sixty-five or older.
- no. 2,013 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 9 of 33 in Beverwijk
How Westertuinen scores
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Is Westertuinen a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Westertuinen comes out at 17 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Westertuinen 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, 41 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
Westertuinen has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 28%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4520%
NL median 22%
- 45–6527%
NL median 28%
- 65+28%
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
37% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,745 — 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 Westertuinen a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Westertuinen comes out at 17 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Westertuinen 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 Westertuinen?
In Westertuinen the police recorded 41 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (17 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 Westertuinen calculated?
Westertuinen scores 8.8 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 Westertuinen 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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