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neighbourhood in Castricum

Limmen West

3,080 residents · postal code 1906 · Part of Limmen, Castricum

  • no. 388 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 1 of 18 in Castricum
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Scores per pillar

Prosperous and village-like, Limmen West earns one of the highest overall marks in this set at 9.8. The average home is valued at 599,000 euro, well above the national midpoint of 422,000, and 84 per cent is owner-occupied. At just over a thousand residents per square kilometre it feels spacious; housing scores 9.5 and safety 8.6, with fewer than ten crimes per 1,000 people present. Amenities (7.0) are modest, and the station lies nearly four kilometres away.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
0.8 km
General practitioner
1.2 km
Primary school
0.7 km
Secondary school
3.6 km
Childcare
0.7 km
Train station
3.7 km
Hospital
1.2 km
Restaurant
0.7 km
Café
1.2 km
Library
1.3 km

Safety

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

Total crimes
9.2
Violent crimes
0.6
Burglaries
1.1

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 599,000
Owner-occupied
84%
Single-family homes
82%
Built after 2000
37%
Income per resident
€ 39,000

Who lives here

0–15 15%15–25 10%25–45 20%45–65 28%65+ 26%
Average household size
2.3
Households with children
34%
Single-person households
28%
Residents per km²
1,106

Nearby neighbourhoods

Kapelbuurt

Heiloo

6.5

De Volkstuinen

Heiloo

7.8

Bakkum-Noord

Castricum

7.6

Limmen Centrum

Castricum

9.5

Oosterzij

Heiloo

9.7

Vennewater

Heiloo

5.8

Similar neighbourhoods

Hamersveld-Oud

Leusden

9.8

Koninginnebuurt

Haarlem

9.8

Harderweide

Harderwijk

9.8

Veenderij

Veenendaal

9.8

Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Limmen West calculated?

Limmen West scores 9.8 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 West a safe neighbourhood?

Limmen West scores 8.6 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (9.2 per year). The national median is around 24.1.