neighbourhood in Edam-Volendam
Volendam-Katham + Planetenbuurt
2,090 residents · postal code 1131 · Part of Volendam, Edam-Volendam
Everything close by, little space
The total number of recorded offences in Volendam-Katham + Planetenbuurt stays below the national median, but violence runs at nearly three times it. That is a difference the summary figure smooths away: burglary, property crime and vandalism all come out below the median, and it is the heaviest-weighted component that goes the other way. Hence the safety pillar stalling at 5.7.
Over half of households are on a low income, against nearly four in ten nationally, while property values are not extreme and social assistance stays close to the national level. So the 4.6 for wealth & income is above all an income story.
Nearly four in ten residents are over sixty-five. The station is ten kilometres away; the restaurant three hundred metres.
- no. 8,668 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 22 of 26 in Edam-Volendam
How Volendam-Katham + Planetenbuurt scores
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Is Volendam-Katham + Planetenbuurt a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Volendam-Katham + Planetenbuurt 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.
In 2025, 65 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-Katham + Planetenbuurt has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 38%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–257%
NL median 11%
- 25–4523%
NL median 22%
- 45–6518%
NL median 28%
- 65+38%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
34% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
26% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,917 — 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-Katham + Planetenbuurt a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Volendam-Katham + Planetenbuurt 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 Volendam-Katham + Planetenbuurt?
In Volendam-Katham + Planetenbuurt the police recorded 65 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 Volendam-Katham + Planetenbuurt calculated?
Volendam-Katham + Planetenbuurt scores 5.0 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-Katham + Planetenbuurt 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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Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Edam-Volendam.
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