neighbourhood in Dijk en Waard
Noord-Scharwoude Oost
3,495 residents · postal code 1723 · Part of Noord-Scharwoude, Dijk en Waard
Everything close by, little space
Property offences in Noord-Scharwoude Oost are more than a quarter above the national median and form the largest item in the report total; violence and vandalism come out slightly above it and burglary sits exactly on the middle. That is a picture in which no single type is decisive, and it yields a 4.7 for safety.
The neighbourhood is well served — supermarket, GP, school and restaurant are all within seven hundred metres — but that comes at the cost of space. Greenery within three hundred metres amounts to three quarters of the national level and the tree canopy stays below it; that is where the 4.3 for quiet & nature comes from.
The wealth & income pillar has one outlier: the social assistance rate is two and a half times the median. The income distribution otherwise differs only modestly from the national one and vacancy is below the middle, so it is mainly that one component plus the property value that set the 4.6.
- no. 8,626 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 47 of 58 in Dijk en Waard
How Noord-Scharwoude Oost scores
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Is Noord-Scharwoude Oost a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Noord-Scharwoude Oost comes out at 27 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.
In 2025, 127 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
Noord-Scharwoude Oost has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 28%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1516%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4528%
NL median 22%
- 45–6524%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
35% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
34% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,853 — 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 Noord-Scharwoude Oost a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Noord-Scharwoude Oost comes out at 27 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 Noord-Scharwoude Oost?
In Noord-Scharwoude Oost the police recorded 127 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (27 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 Noord-Scharwoude Oost calculated?
Noord-Scharwoude Oost scores 5.1 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 Noord-Scharwoude Oost 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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