neighbourhood in Blaricum
Blaricum-Dorp
5,205 residents · postal code 1261 · Part of Blaricum, Blaricum
Room to spare, amenities further off
Property values in Blaricum-Dorp are a multiple of the national median, and yet the wealth pillar sticks at an 8.8. Two things hold that figure back: twice as much stands empty here as is normal elsewhere, and the share of households with a low income barely differs from the rest of the country. Wealth at the top does not rule out the bottom.
The 7.3 for safety has one identifiable cause. Violence, theft and vandalism all three stay below the national level, but burglary comes well above it, and after violence that component counts the heaviest.
On quiet, water plays no part; it stays below the Dutch figure. What carries the 9.1 are the trees: the share of tree canopy within three hundred metres is many times greater than what is measured elsewhere, and few people live on a lot of land.
- no. 1,128 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 2 of 4 in Blaricum
How Blaricum-Dorp scores
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Is Blaricum-Dorp a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Blaricum-Dorp comes out at 17 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Blaricum-Dorp 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, 142 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
Blaricum-Dorp has strikingly few residents aged 25 to 45: 14%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1516%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4514%
NL median 22%
- 45–6531%
NL median 28%
- 65+29%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
35% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
34% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,350 — far 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 Blaricum-Dorp a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Blaricum-Dorp comes out at 17 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Blaricum-Dorp 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 Blaricum-Dorp?
In Blaricum-Dorp the police recorded 142 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 Blaricum-Dorp calculated?
Blaricum-Dorp scores 9.4 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 Blaricum-Dorp 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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