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Nieuw Den Helder Zuid-Oost

1,955 residents · postal code 1784 · Part of Nieuw Den Helder-Oost, Den Helder

Bottom 41% in the Netherlands

How we calculate

Nieuw Den Helder Zuid-Oost is navy-town living at its most spacious: 93 percent single-family homes, 72 percent owner-occupied, and the dunes within cycling distance — space and quiet scores 5.7. The Den Helder market keeps the average value at €259k — so wealth and income stalls at 4.1. Crime sits exactly on the median. Overall: 5.5.

  • no. 7,845 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
  • no. 21 of 55 in Den Helder

How Nieuw Den Helder Zuid-Oost scores

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The figures

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
Total crime
24.3 per 1,000
Violent crime
3.7 per 1,000
Burglaries
0.5 per 1,000
Property crime
5.9 per 1,000
Vandalism
2.3 per 1,000

In 2025, 53 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.
Supermarket
1.2 km
GP practice
1.1 km
Train station
2.7 km
Restaurant
1.8 km
Hospital
3.9 km
Café
1.9 km
Library
1.8 km
Motorway ramp
3.3 km

Tick = Dutch median

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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.
Property value
€ 259,000
Welfare recipients
20.5 per 1,000
High incomes
18%
Low incomes
36%
Vacancy
1%
Owner-occupied
72%
Social housing
26%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes
93%
Built after 2000
0%

Tick = Dutch median

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The figures

Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Population density
4,226 inw/km²
Noise level
47 dB
Green surroundings
64%
Trees nearby
5%
Water share
4%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²
1,100
Fine particles (PM2.5)
6.5 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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The figures

Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Primary school
1.1 km
Households with children
37%
Childcare
0.5 km
Secondary school
1.4 km
Residents under 15
16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Nieuw Den Helder Zuid-Oost looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

  • 0–1516%

    NL median 14%

  • 15–2512%

    NL median 11%

  • 25–4523%

    NL median 22%

  • 45–6528%

    NL median 28%

  • 65+21%

    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

    2.3around the average

    NL median 2.3

  • Single-person households

    29%around the average

    NL median 31%

  • Households with children

    37%around the average

    NL median 35%

  • Residents per km²

    4,226far 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

How is the grade for Nieuw Den Helder Zuid-Oost calculated?

Nieuw Den Helder Zuid-Oost scores 5.5 as its total score. That grade is a national position: we weigh four equally heavy scores — safety, amenities, wealth & income and quiet & nature — and see where Nieuw Den Helder Zuid-Oost lands among every neighbourhood in the Netherlands. So it is not the mean of the four grades, but a place in the queue. All from open data published by CBS and the police.

Is Nieuw Den Helder Zuid-Oost a safe neighbourhood?

Nieuw Den Helder Zuid-Oost scores 5.8 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (24.3 per year). The national median is around 24.1.

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Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Den Helder.

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