neighbourhood in Beverwijk

Wijkerbaan

2,585 residents · postal code 1945 · Part of Meerestein, Beverwijk

Bottom 34% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

Wijkerbaan has more reported offences than the national median, but no single type of offence explains it. Violence is below it, burglary exactly on it, property crime below it; only vandalism stands out, and the four types together do not make up half of all reports. So the figure rests on reports that fall outside these four categories, and that is a different story from an unsafe street.

The 9.9 for amenities is easier to explain: the supermarket and a restaurant are two hundred metres away, the GP four hundred. Against that stands a 2.9 for quiet & nature — high density, little greenery and a noise level well above the national middle.

The wealth & income pillar stays low across the board: property value far under the median, social assistance more than double the usual, and more vacancy than is nationally common. Almost four in ten residents are over sixty-five.

no. 8,714 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 24 of 33 in Beverwijk

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Is Wijkerbaan a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Wijkerbaan comes out at 32 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more 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.

Total crime

31.8 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.0 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.6 per 1,000

Property crime

8.6 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 105 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

0.2 km

GP practice

0.4 km

Train station

2.1 km

Restaurant

0.2 km

Hospital

2.6 km

Café

0.4 km

Library

1.2 km

Motorway ramp

1.1 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

€ 311,000

Welfare recipients

19.3 per 1,000

High incomes

14%

Low incomes

36%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

35%

Social housing

49%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

21%

Built after 2000

30%

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

9,504 inw/km²

Noise level

57 dB

Green surroundings

41%

Trees nearby

11%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

3,772

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.2 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

0.6 km

Households with children

20%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

0.4 km

Residents under 15

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Wijkerbaan has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 38%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–159%
NL median 14%
15–257%
NL median 11%
25–4524%
NL median 22%
45–6522%
NL median 28%
65+38%
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
1.7 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
53% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
20% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
9,504 — 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 Wijkerbaan a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Wijkerbaan comes out at 32 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. One caveat: the figure counts per person present, not per resident. In a neighbourhood with many visitors — a centre, a station, a shopping area — it therefore comes out higher than residents experience. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Wijkerbaan?

In Wijkerbaan the police recorded 105 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (32 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 Wijkerbaan calculated?

Wijkerbaan scores 5.0 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 Wijkerbaan 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.