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neighbourhood in Castricum

Limmen Centrum

2,540 residents · postal code 1906 · Part of Limmen, Castricum

  • no. 842 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 6 of 18 in Castricum

Scores per pillar

Limmen Centrum in Castricum ranks among this batch's highest-scoring neighbourhoods: an overall grade of 9.5, with housing (8.7), amenities (8.7) and social cohesion (8.1) all high. More than eight in ten homes are owned and four in ten households have children. The supermarket is 500 metres away and fourteen crimes per 1,000 people present is well below the median. Only the nature score lags, at 4.5, and property, at 523,000 euro, runs above the middle.

Amenities nearby

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Large supermarket
0.5 km
General practitioner
0.7 km
Primary school
0.6 km
Secondary school
3.6 km
Childcare
0.5 km
Train station
4.1 km
Hospital
0.7 km
Restaurant
0.5 km
Café
0.6 km
Library
0.8 km

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year (residents plus business activity, see method). Small neighbourhoods are statistically smoothed.

Total crimes
14.5
Violent crimes
0.7
Burglaries
1.1

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 523,000
Owner-occupied
81%
Single-family homes
84%
Built after 2000
27%
Income per resident
€ 39,000

Who lives here

0–15 14%15–25 13%25–45 19%45–65 34%65+ 19%
Average household size
2.4
Households with children
41%
Single-person households
27%
Residents per km²
4,872

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Limmen Centrum calculated?

Limmen Centrum scores 9.5 overall. That is a weighted average of five pillars: safety, amenities, housing, social & income, and nature & quiet. Each pillar compares this neighbourhood with every other neighbourhood in the Netherlands, using open data from CBS and the police.

Is Limmen Centrum a safe neighbourhood?

Limmen Centrum scores 8.0 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (14.5 per year). The national median is around 24.1.