neighbourhood in Heemskerk
Zuidbroek
2,565 residents · postal code 1966 · Part of Hofland, Oosterwijk en Zuidbroek, Heemskerk
Everything close by, little space
In Zuidbroek three pillars sit almost equally low — safety, wealth & income and quiet & nature all come out around 3.6 — and that is why the overall score stops at 3.7, despite a strong 8.5 for amenities. One high pillar does not lift four low ones.
The wealth side is unambiguous: the property value is far below the national median, the share of high incomes about two thirds of normal, and the rate of social assistance more than eight times the national middle. Not one component points the other way.
The safety score turns mainly on property crime, which here reaches more than twice the national figure. But violence is above the median too, so this is not purely a matter of theft.
The station is six hundred metres away, unusually close for a residential area outside the centre.
- no. 11,001 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 29 of 29 in Heemskerk
How Zuidbroek scores
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Is Zuidbroek a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Zuidbroek comes out at 37 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Zuidbroek is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most 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, 117 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 Zuidbroek looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4524%
NL median 22%
- 45–6527%
NL median 28%
- 65+23%
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
47% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
28% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
7,110 — 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 Zuidbroek a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Zuidbroek comes out at 37 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Zuidbroek is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes. 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 Zuidbroek?
In Zuidbroek the police recorded 117 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (37 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 Zuidbroek calculated?
Zuidbroek scores 3.7 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 Zuidbroek 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 Heemskerk.
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