neighbourhood in Castricum

Limmen West

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

Top 7% in the Netherlands

Safe, but not spacious

Limmen West reaches a 9.0 for wealth & income and a 9.3 for safety, and both figures are broadly carried: property values are far above the national median, the social assistance rate far below it, and of the four types of offence only burglary rises slightly above the national middle.

What stands out is that quiet & nature lags at a 6.0, even though few people live here on a lot of land. Greenery in the surroundings is plentiful, but tree canopy stays below the national median and the noise level is actually above it. Space and silence are not the same thing.

The 6.2 for families does not come from the primary school, which is close by, but from the age structure: more than a quarter of residents are 65 or older and the share of children hovers around the national average.

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Is Limmen West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Limmen West comes out at 9 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Limmen West is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.

The figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

9.2 per 1,000

Violent crime

0.7 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.1 per 1,000

Property crime

3.2 per 1,000

Vandalism

0.3 per 1,000

In 2025, 31 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

0.8 km

GP practice

1.2 km

Train station

3.7 km

Restaurant

0.7 km

Hospital

1.2 km

Café

1.2 km

Library

1.3 km

Motorway ramp

1.5 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

€ 599,000

Welfare recipients

3.2 per 1,000

High incomes

27%

Low incomes

34%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

84%

Social housing

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

82%

Built after 2000

37%

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

1,106 inw/km²

Noise level

54 dB

Green surroundings

75%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

812

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

0.7 km

Households with children

34%

Childcare

0.7 km

Secondary school

3.6 km

Residents under 15

15%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Limmen West looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1515%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4520%
NL median 22%
45–6528%
NL median 28%
65+26%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
28% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
34% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,106 — 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 Limmen West a safe neighbourhood?

How much crime is there in Limmen West?

In Limmen West the police recorded 31 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (9 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 Limmen West calculated?

Limmen West 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 Limmen West 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.