neighbourhood in Castricum

Centrum-Noord

2,430 residents · postal code 1901 · Part of Centrum, Castricum

Top 21% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

Centrum-Noord in Castricum has an offence rate more than double the national middle and yet no violence problem: those figures sit below the median, as does vandalism. Almost the entire total is property crime, occurring here nearly five times as often. This is the profile of a shopping area, not of a place where you would rather stay indoors at night.

The 9.8 for amenities fits that: supermarket, GP, restaurant and even the railway station are all within six hundred metres. The price shows in the 4.0 for quiet & nature, because ambient noise is well above the national median.

Wealth & income comes out at 8.1, with property value and high incomes above the middle and little social assistance. Only vacancy is slightly above the national level.

no. 2,652 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 12 of 18 in Castricum

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Is Centrum-Noord a safe neighbourhood?

The figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

55.5 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.0 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.8 per 1,000

Property crime

43.7 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.2 per 1,000

In 2025, 226 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

0.3 km

GP practice

0.4 km

Train station

0.6 km

Restaurant

0.3 km

Hospital

4.8 km

Café

0.4 km

Library

1.3 km

Motorway ramp

1.9 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

€ 511,000

Welfare recipients

4.1 per 1,000

High incomes

29%

Low incomes

33%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

85%

Social housing

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

70%

Built after 2000

13%

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

5,940 inw/km²

Noise level

55 dB

Green surroundings

53%

Trees nearby

11%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,007

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.7 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

30%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

0.6 km

Residents under 15

15%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Centrum-Noord looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1515%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4521%
NL median 22%
45–6527%
NL median 28%
65+27%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
37% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
30% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,940 — 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 Centrum-Noord a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Centrum-Noord comes out at 55 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Centrum-Noord is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes. 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 Centrum-Noord?

In Centrum-Noord the police recorded 226 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (55 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 Centrum-Noord calculated?

Centrum-Noord scores 8.5 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 Centrum-Noord 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.