neighbourhood in Castricum

Bakkum-Zuid

2,145 residents · postal code 1901 · Part of Bakkum, Castricum

Top 11% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, and nowhere weak

Three quarters of Bakkum-Zuid lies within three hundred metres of greenery and the tree canopy covers more than twice the national share. The quiet & nature pillar still gets no further than 6.9, because the noise level is almost five decibels above the median and open water is absent.

The wealth & income pillar is only partly strong. Property value sits a third above the national middle and the group of households on a high income is a quarter larger than nationally, but the share in the lowest is exactly on the median and the social assistance rate is more than four times the Dutch one. Anyone looking only at house prices here sees half of it.

The supermarket is just over a kilometre away, further than the GP, school and restaurant. At a weight of more than a fifth, that is the brake on the amenities score.

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no. 9 of 18 in Castricum

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Is Bakkum-Zuid a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Bakkum-Zuid comes out at 19 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

19.0 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.2 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.6 per 1,000

Property crime

6.8 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 56 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

1.3 km

GP practice

0.6 km

Train station

1.5 km

Restaurant

0.4 km

Hospital

4.9 km

Café

1.7 km

Library

1.9 km

Motorway ramp

0.7 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

€ 557,000

Welfare recipients

32.6 per 1,000

High incomes

25%

Low incomes

38%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

61%

Social housing

32%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

71%

Built after 2000

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

2,483 inw/km²

Noise level

56 dB

Green surroundings

74%

Trees nearby

21%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,180

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

0.5 km

Households with children

34%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

1.0 km

Residents under 15

15%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Bakkum-Zuid looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1515%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4521%
NL median 22%
45–6528%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
39% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
34% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,483 — around the 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 Bakkum-Zuid a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Bakkum-Zuid comes out at 19 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 Bakkum-Zuid?

In Bakkum-Zuid the police recorded 56 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (19 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 Bakkum-Zuid calculated?

Bakkum-Zuid scores 9.2 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 Bakkum-Zuid 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.