neighbourhood in Dijk en Waard
Oudkarspel Zuid
1,815 residents · postal code 1724 · Part of Oudkarspel, Dijk en Waard
Safe, but not spacious
Oudkarspel Zuid combines a 9.1 for safety with a property value sitting almost exactly at the national median. What stands against that is quiet: at 5.9 that pillar stays just below the median, owing to little greenery around and noise at the national level.
The safety picture is favourable right across the board. Violence is at a good third of the national median, property crime lower still, and only burglary sits slightly above it.
Four in ten households have children and the share of over-65s is below the national picture. That is the population side of the 7.6 for families; the primary school is close by as well. This pillar therefore gets support from two directions here, which is unusual — normally distance carries it on its own.
- no. 2,235 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 12 of 58 in Dijk en Waard
How Oudkarspel Zuid scores
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Is Oudkarspel Zuid a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Oudkarspel Zuid comes out at 17 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Oudkarspel Zuid 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, 34 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
Oudkarspel Zuid has strikingly few residents aged 65 and over: 15%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–2513%
NL median 11%
- 25–4522%
NL median 22%
- 45–6535%
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
41% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,877 — 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 Oudkarspel Zuid a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Oudkarspel Zuid comes out at 17 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Oudkarspel Zuid 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 Oudkarspel Zuid?
In Oudkarspel Zuid the police recorded 34 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (17 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 Oudkarspel Zuid calculated?
Oudkarspel Zuid scores 8.7 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 Oudkarspel Zuid 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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