neighbourhood in Den Helder
Kruiszwin
2,555 residents · postal code 1788 · Part of Julianadorp, Den Helder
Safe, but everything is a drive away
Kruiszwin has a 9.3 for safety that holds up on every component: violence, residential burglary and property crime are all three far below the national median, and only vandalism sits exactly on it. The total comes in at well over half fewer reports than nationally.
The price is distance. The GP is a good two kilometres away, the supermarket a kilometre and a half and the station over seven — hence the 4.4 for amenities. In this corner of Noord-Holland a car is not a luxury.
The wealth side is striking. The property value is around two thirds of the median, while the income distribution is better than the national one and the rate of social assistance is half of normal. Cheap housing here does not coincide with low incomes. More than four in ten households have children.
- no. 5,927 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 15 of 55 in Den Helder
How Kruiszwin scores
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Is Kruiszwin a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Kruiszwin comes out at 14 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Kruiszwin 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.
In 2025, 33 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
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The figures ⌄Amenities
Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄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.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Quiet & nature
How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
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
The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Tick = Dutch median
Who lives here
Kruiszwin has strikingly few residents aged 65 and over: 15%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1518%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4528%
NL median 22%
- 45–6528%
NL median 28%
- 65+15%
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
42% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
7,392 — 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 Kruiszwin a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Kruiszwin comes out at 14 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Kruiszwin is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Kruiszwin?
In Kruiszwin the police recorded 33 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (14 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 Kruiszwin calculated?
Kruiszwin scores 6.6 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 Kruiszwin 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.
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