neighbourhood in Enkhuizen

Centrum Noord-Oost

2,140 residents · postal code 1601 · Part of Centrum en Havens, Enkhuizen

Top 22% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

Property crime is recorded in Centrum Noord-Oost more than one and a half times as often as nationally, while violence sits exactly on the Dutch median and burglary stays far below it. That makes the 6.1 for safety easier to understand than the total number of reports suggests: it is mostly about possessions.

The quiet & nature pillar reaches 7.2, which is unusual for a historic centre. The noise level is below the national median, there is twenty times as much open water as in the average neighbourhood, and the tree canopy covers more than one and a half times the national share. Only greenery within three hundred metres lags.

Amenities are at their strongest here: restaurant three hundred metres away, supermarket four hundred, station nine hundred. More than a quarter of residents are 65 or older.

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no. 3 of 13 in Enkhuizen

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Is Centrum Noord-Oost a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Centrum Noord-Oost comes out at 35 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.

Total crime

34.6 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.3 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.1 per 1,000

Property crime

15.8 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.4 per 1,000

In 2025, 110 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

0.4 km

GP practice

0.8 km

Train station

0.9 km

Restaurant

0.3 km

Hospital

0.8 km

Café

0.3 km

Library

1.7 km

Motorway ramp

1.4 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

€ 361,000

Welfare recipients

4.7 per 1,000

High incomes

17%

Low incomes

36%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

74%

Social housing

10%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

67%

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

4,993 inw/km²

Noise level

50 dB

Green surroundings

39%

Trees nearby

15%

Water share

10%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,667

Fine particles (PM2.5)

6.8 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

0.5 km

Households with children

26%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

2.1 km

Residents under 15

11%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Centrum Noord-Oost looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1511%
NL median 14%
15–259%
NL median 11%
25–4525%
NL median 22%
45–6528%
NL median 28%
65+26%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
42% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
26% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,993 — 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 Centrum Noord-Oost a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Centrum Noord-Oost comes out at 35 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 Centrum Noord-Oost?

In Centrum Noord-Oost the police recorded 110 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (35 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 Centrum Noord-Oost calculated?

Centrum Noord-Oost scores 8.4 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 Centrum Noord-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.