neighbourhood in Heemskerk
Commandeurs
2,390 residents · postal code 1964 · Part of Commandeurs en Marquette, Heemskerk
Safe, but not spacious
In Commandeurs more than a quarter of residents are 65 or older, and the families score of 6.0 fits that, though not for the reason you would expect. The primary school is a kilometre away, and school distance is the heaviest component of that pillar; the share of households with children is not below average here.
The 8.9 for safety rests on all offence types at once: not one rises above the national median, and violence stays well below it.
The tree canopy in the surroundings is almost twice as generous as nationally. Yet the quiet pillar hangs at a 5.1, because greenery, noise and density all three point the other way and open water is absent.
- no. 2,966 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 11 of 29 in Heemskerk
How Commandeurs scores
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Is Commandeurs a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Commandeurs comes out at 20 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer 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.
In 2025, 54 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
Commandeurs has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 28%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1512%
NL median 14%
- 15–259%
NL median 11%
- 25–4519%
NL median 22%
- 45–6531%
NL median 28%
- 65+28%
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
26% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
36% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,221 — 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 Commandeurs a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Commandeurs comes out at 20 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Commandeurs?
In Commandeurs the police recorded 54 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (20 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 Commandeurs calculated?
Commandeurs scores 8.3 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 Commandeurs 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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