neighbourhood in Heemskerk
Breedweer
2,685 residents · postal code 1963 · Part of Noordbroek en De Trompet, Heemskerk
Safe, but everything is a drive away
All four types of offence in Breedweer are below the Dutch median, burglary almost at zero, and that produces a 9.9 for safety. With just over two thousand residents, burglary means a few cases a year, but the overall picture is consistent with it: violence, property crime and criminal damage are below the median too.
What this part of Heemskerk costs is access. The supermarket is a good kilometre away and the GP slightly closer, and those two together form more than forty per cent of the amenities pillar — hence the 5.3. In a neighbourhood where a quarter of residents are over sixty-five, that is no theoretical point. The wealth & income pillar stays mixed at 6.9: property value lands almost on the Dutch median while social assistance and vacancy are clearly below it.
- no. 1,427 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 8 of 29 in Heemskerk
How Breedweer scores
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Is Breedweer a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Breedweer comes out at 12 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Breedweer 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, 29 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
The age profile of Breedweer looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4522%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
25% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
37% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
7,677 — 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 Breedweer a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Breedweer comes out at 12 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Breedweer 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 Breedweer?
In Breedweer the police recorded 29 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (12 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 Breedweer calculated?
Breedweer scores 9.2 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 Breedweer 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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