neighbourhood in Castricum

Molendijk

3,360 residents · postal code 1902 · Part of Castricum-Oost, Castricum

Top 19% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

Molendijk comes out better than the country on all four wealth & income components: property value is above the median, the top income group is broader, the bottom one narrower and social assistance less common. Vacancy is lower too. That is a 7.4 with no weak spot.

Safety lags at 5.6, and it comes down to one type: property crime is above the national median, while burglary is rare and violence and vandalism sit on the median. The primary school, meanwhile, is around the corner alongside a population of which nearly a third is 65 or over — so the 8.6 for families says more about the map here than about who lives here. That the overall score reaches 8.6 hangs mostly on wealth and on distance.

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no. 11 of 18 in Castricum

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Is Molendijk a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Molendijk comes out at 25 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

24.7 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.5 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.5 per 1,000

Property crime

12.9 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.4 per 1,000

In 2025, 110 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

0.7 km

GP practice

0.5 km

Train station

1.6 km

Restaurant

0.6 km

Hospital

4.4 km

Café

1.1 km

Library

0.7 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

€ 429,000

Welfare recipients

6.0 per 1,000

High incomes

26%

Low incomes

31%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

87%

Social housing

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

64%

Built after 2000

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

6,014 inw/km²

Noise level

52 dB

Green surroundings

56%

Trees nearby

12%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,254

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

0.4 km

Households with children

30%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

0.9 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Molendijk has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 31%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–259%
NL median 11%
25–4522%
NL median 22%
45–6522%
NL median 28%
65+31%
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
41% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
30% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,014 — 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 Molendijk a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Molendijk comes out at 25 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 Molendijk?

In Molendijk the police recorded 110 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (25 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 Molendijk calculated?

Molendijk scores 8.6 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 Molendijk 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.