neighbourhood in Den Helder
Oud Den Helder
2,330 residents · postal code 1782 · Part of Stad binnen de Linie-West, Den Helder
Everything close by, little to spend
Property value in Oud Den Helder is around half the Dutch median, and that is the number the 3.1 for wealth & income mainly rests on. The income distribution and the social assistance rate point the same way; only vacancy sits exactly at the national middle and therefore says nothing.
For quiet & nature the same pattern holds as in many port towns: it is quieter here than the Dutch average, but bare. The share of green within three hundred metres is far below the middle and there is barely any tree canopy. Silence alone does not produce a high figure.
On safety, all four offence categories come out above the median. What the neighbourhood sets against that is reach: shop, school and GP are all within roughly a kilometre and the station a little over one.
- no. 12,013 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 48 of 55 in Den Helder
How Oud Den Helder scores
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Is Oud Den Helder a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Oud Den Helder comes out at 37 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Oud Den Helder is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most 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, 106 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
The age profile of Oud Den Helder looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1513%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4525%
NL median 22%
- 45–6528%
NL median 28%
- 65+24%
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
48% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
25% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,904 — 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 Oud Den Helder a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Oud Den Helder comes out at 37 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Oud Den Helder is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes. 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 Oud Den Helder?
In Oud Den Helder the police recorded 106 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (37 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 Oud Den Helder calculated?
Oud Den Helder scores 3.1 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 Oud Den Helder 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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