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neighbourhood in Den Helder

Van Galenbuurt

2,075 residents · postal code 1782 · Part of Stad binnen de Linie-West, Den Helder

  • no. 12,155 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 44 of 55 in Den Helder

Scores per pillar

The Van Galenbuurt is the cheap side of Den Helder: an average home value of 197,000 euro, the lowest in this group, and half of all households are single-person. Amenities score 9.4, but that is largely where the good news ends. Safety reaches only 2.8, with 36 offences per 1,000 people present, and both housing (2.8) and the overall grade (3.0) stay low. Nine in ten homes are, however, single-family houses.

Amenities nearby

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Large supermarket
0.5 km
General practitioner
0.6 km
Primary school
0.5 km
Secondary school
3.3 km
Childcare
0.7 km
Train station
0.9 km
Hospital
1.0 km
Restaurant
0.6 km
Café
0.6 km
Library
1.1 km

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year (residents plus business activity, see method). Small neighbourhoods are statistically smoothed.

Total crimes
35.5
Violent crimes
2.6
Burglaries
3.1

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 197,000
Owner-occupied
72%
Single-family homes
89%
Built after 2000
0%
Income per resident

Who lives here

0–15 12%15–25 11%25–45 30%45–65 30%65+ 17%
Average household size
1.8
Households with children
25%
Single-person households
50%
Residents per km²
10,418

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Van Galenbuurt calculated?

Van Galenbuurt scores 3.0 overall. That is a weighted average of five pillars: safety, amenities, housing, social & income, and nature & quiet. Each pillar compares this neighbourhood with every other neighbourhood in the Netherlands, using open data from CBS and the police.

Is Van Galenbuurt a safe neighbourhood?

Van Galenbuurt scores 2.8 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (35.5 per year). The national median is around 24.1.