neighbourhood in Edam-Volendam

Edam-Singelwijk

1,765 residents · postal code 1135 · Part of Edam, Edam-Volendam

Bottom 50% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, and little room

Edam-Singelwijk has a primary school and a supermarket three hundred metres away and a railway station more than eight kilometres off. That gap is the whole story of the amenities pillar here: everything daily is round the corner, everything with a wider reach costs a journey.

The 3.8 for wealth & income comes mainly from two directions. Property values are almost sixty thousand euros below the national median, and the social assistance rate is more than six times the national middle. The income spread points the same way, with fewer high and more low incomes than average. That four in five homes are single-family houses helps little here; the pillar barely counts them.

The offence figure is below the national median, but two types deviate: violence at almost twice the middle and vandalism at more than twice, while burglary is virtually absent. What matters here is what happens on the street, not what disappears from houses.

no. 6,552 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 20 of 26 in Edam-Volendam

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Is Edam-Singelwijk a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Edam-Singelwijk comes out at 23 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood.

The figures ⌄

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

22.5 per 1,000

Violent crime

4.2 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.2 per 1,000

Property crime

7.8 per 1,000

Vandalism

4.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 47 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

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Amenities

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

Supermarket

0.3 km

GP practice

0.7 km

Train station

8.4 km

Restaurant

0.8 km

Hospital

2.5 km

Café

0.8 km

Library

0.5 km

Motorway ramp

0.9 km

Tick = Dutch median

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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

€ 365,000

Welfare recipients

51.0 per 1,000

High incomes

13%

Low incomes

49%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

49%

Social housing

50%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

85%

Built after 2000

Tick = Dutch median

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Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.

Population density

6,186 inw/km²

Noise level

53 dB

Green surroundings

46%

Trees nearby

10%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,638

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.8 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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Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.

Primary school

0.3 km

Households with children

35%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

1.4 km

Residents under 15

15%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Edam-Singelwijk looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1515%
NL median 14%
15–2513%
NL median 11%
25–4518%
NL median 22%
45–6526%
NL median 28%
65+27%
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
38% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
35% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,186 — 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 Edam-Singelwijk a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Edam-Singelwijk comes out at 23 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Edam-Singelwijk?

In Edam-Singelwijk the police recorded 47 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (23 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 Edam-Singelwijk calculated?

Edam-Singelwijk scores 6.2 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 Edam-Singelwijk 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.