neighbourhood in Castricum

Akersloot West

3,470 residents · postal code 1921 · Part of Akersloot, Castricum

Top 4% in the Netherlands

Safe, and nowhere really weak

Akersloot West has a building density at a fraction of the national level and three quarters of its surroundings are green, and yet the quiet & nature pillar gets no further than 6.9. The reason lies in two other measurements: the tree canopy does not reach a third of the national level, and the noise level is almost five decibels above the median. Plenty of open land is not the same as plenty of trees, nor as quiet.

Burglary hardly occurs here and violence stays far below the national middle; only vandalism is slightly above. That carries the 9.6 for safety.

The wealth & income pillar is strikingly average. The highest income group sits exactly at the national level, the social assistance rate barely above it and vacancy below it, while the property value comes out a little over the median. That there is still a 6.6 is chiefly down to that property value, the heaviest-weighted component.

no. 510 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 2 of 18 in Castricum

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Is Akersloot West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Akersloot West comes out at 18 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

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Safety

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

Total crime

17.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

0.9 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.1 per 1,000

Property crime

4.6 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 79 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

0.6 km

GP practice

0.9 km

Train station

5.3 km

Restaurant

1.0 km

Hospital

5.8 km

Café

1.0 km

Library

0.7 km

Motorway ramp

1.6 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

€ 446,000

Welfare recipients

8.6 per 1,000

High incomes

19%

Low incomes

35%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

78%

Social housing

15%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

86%

Built after 2000

12%

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

644 inw/km²

Noise level

56 dB

Green surroundings

78%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

528

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.6 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

0.4 km

Households with children

38%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

6.7 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Akersloot West looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4524%
NL median 22%
45–6525%
NL median 28%
65+24%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
31% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
38% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
644 — 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 Akersloot West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Akersloot West comes out at 18 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Akersloot West?

In Akersloot West the police recorded 79 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (18 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 Akersloot West calculated?

Akersloot West scores 9.7 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 Akersloot West 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.