neighbourhood in Castricum

Duin en Bosch

1,100 residents · postal code 1901 · Part of Bakkum, Castricum

Top 7% in the Netherlands

Well-off, and well out of town

Almost half the area within three hundred metres of Duin en Bosch is under tree canopy, more than five times the national middle, and greenery reaches eighty-five percent. Together with noise almost five decibels below the median, that yields a 9.3 for quiet & nature — here the pillar does exactly what its name suggests, which is far from always the case.

The 9.9 for wealth & income holds on every component: property values more than double the national middle, twice as many high incomes, fewer low incomes than average, no social assistance and little vacancy. Such unanimity is rare.

What keeps the safety pillar at 6.5 is violence, at almost three times the national median while burglary, property crime and vandalism all stay well below. With eleven hundred residents that means a handful of reported offences a year, so read no pattern into it. The primary school is more than a kilometre and a half away, which weighs on the families pillar even though almost half of households have children.

no. 790 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 5 of 18 in Castricum

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Is Duin en Bosch a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Duin en Bosch comes out at 23 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood.

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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

23.4 per 1,000

Violent crime

6.3 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.2 per 1,000

Property crime

7.2 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.6 per 1,000

In 2025, 35 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

1.9 km

GP practice

1.6 km

Train station

2.0 km

Restaurant

0.6 km

Hospital

5.2 km

Café

2.3 km

Library

2.8 km

Motorway ramp

0.5 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

€ 994,000

Welfare recipients

0.0 per 1,000

High incomes

40%

Low incomes

31%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

82%

Social housing

15%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

78%

Built after 2000

86%

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

1,332 inw/km²

Noise level

47 dB

Green surroundings

85%

Trees nearby

45%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

592

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.4 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

1.6 km

Households with children

46%

Childcare

1.2 km

Secondary school

1.9 km

Residents under 15

24%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Duin en Bosch has strikingly many children under 15: 24%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1524%
NL median 14%
15–258%
NL median 11%
25–4519%
NL median 22%
45–6533%
NL median 28%
65+16%
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
2.6 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
34% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
46% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,332 — 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 Duin en Bosch a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Duin en Bosch comes out at 23 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Duin en Bosch?

In Duin en Bosch the police recorded 35 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (23 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 Duin en Bosch calculated?

Duin en Bosch scores 9.5 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 Duin en Bosch 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.