neighbourhood in Edam-Volendam
Volendam-Blokgouw 7 en 8
2,225 residents · postal code 1132 · Part of Volendam, Edam-Volendam
Safe, but everything is a drive away
Almost two thirds of households here have children, far above the national picture, while the share of residents under fifteen is in fact low. That gap points to children past primary school age — and the families score of 9.0 leans, besides that household figure, mainly on the primary school around the corner.
The safety score of 9.9 holds on every offence type: violence, burglary, property crime and vandalism each stay below the national median, property crime at a fraction of it. Together with a wealth picture in which property values are above the median, no social assistance is recorded and vacancy is all but absent, that lifts the overall score far up.
The exception is reaching the world outside. The station is more than ten kilometres away and that pushes the amenities pillar down to a 5.4, while supermarket, GP and school are all within easy reach.
- no. 398 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 3 of 26 in Edam-Volendam
How Volendam-Blokgouw 7 en 8 scores
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Is Volendam-Blokgouw 7 en 8 a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Volendam-Blokgouw 7 en 8 comes out at 9 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Volendam-Blokgouw 7 en 8 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, 17 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
Volendam-Blokgouw 7 en 8 has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 22%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–158%
NL median 14%
- 15–2522%
NL median 11%
- 25–4518%
NL median 22%
- 45–6544%
NL median 28%
- 65+8%
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
3.0 — far larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
11% — far fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
64% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
7,747 — 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 Volendam-Blokgouw 7 en 8 a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Volendam-Blokgouw 7 en 8 comes out at 9 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Volendam-Blokgouw 7 en 8 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 Volendam-Blokgouw 7 en 8?
In Volendam-Blokgouw 7 en 8 the police recorded 17 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (9 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 Volendam-Blokgouw 7 en 8 calculated?
Volendam-Blokgouw 7 en 8 scores 9.8 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 Volendam-Blokgouw 7 en 8 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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