neighbourhood in Den Helder

Indische buurt-Zuid

1,035 residents · postal code 1782 · Part of Stad binnen de Linie-West, Den Helder

Bottom 15% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

Almost half of the residents of Indische buurt-Zuid are 65 or older, and that is the figure the rest hangs around. The primary school is round the corner, so the 5.8 for families comes not from distance but from the share of children, which is well below the national middle.

With safety there is no single type that exonerates the others. Violence, burglary, property crime and vandalism are each above the national median. The 4.1 is therefore not an outlier of one kind but a broad figure, and for a reader that is a different message from a single spike.

The wealth & income pillar is dragged down by two things at once: property values at just over half the national median, and a vacancy rate of one in ten homes, more than double the usual level. Together they produce a 3.4.

no. 11,177 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 39 of 55 in Den Helder

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Is Indische buurt-Zuid a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Indische buurt-Zuid comes out at 29 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

The figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

28.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.0 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.8 per 1,000

Property crime

11.8 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 37 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

1.0 km

GP practice

0.5 km

Train station

0.9 km

Restaurant

0.8 km

Hospital

0.8 km

Café

0.5 km

Library

1.3 km

Motorway ramp

1.3 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

€ 250,000

Welfare recipients

9.7 per 1,000

High incomes

16%

Low incomes

41%

Vacancy

10%

Owner-occupied

57%

Social housing

41%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

51%

Built after 2000

20%

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

6,275 inw/km²

Noise level

53 dB

Green surroundings

37%

Trees nearby

10%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,560

Fine particles (PM2.5)

6.8 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

19%

Childcare

0.7 km

Secondary school

2.5 km

Residents under 15

10%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Indische buurt-Zuid has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 45%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1510%
NL median 14%
15–258%
NL median 11%
25–4514%
NL median 22%
45–6522%
NL median 28%
65+45%
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
1.8 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
51% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
19% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,275 — 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 Indische buurt-Zuid a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Indische buurt-Zuid comes out at 29 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. One caveat: the figure counts per person present, not per resident. In a neighbourhood with many visitors — a centre, a station, a shopping area — it therefore comes out higher than residents experience. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Indische buurt-Zuid?

In Indische buurt-Zuid the police recorded 37 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (29 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 Indische buurt-Zuid calculated?

Indische buurt-Zuid scores 3.6 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 Indische buurt-Zuid 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.