neighbourhood in Heiloo

Akkerbuurt

2,245 residents · postal code 1852 · Part of Stationsomgeving, Heiloo

Top 17% in the Netherlands

Safe streets, thinner wallets

The station is six hundred metres away, and the GP, school and restaurant about the same. For Akkerbuurt that means an 8.7 for amenities — the combination of village and railway that few places have.

The 5.0 for wealth & income jars with it, and that is not down to the houses: property values sit above the national middle. It is social assistance, at almost four times the median, together with a share of low incomes well above the national figure. Expensive homes and modest incomes side by side, in an area where half the housing is rented.

More than a third of residents are over 65 — one of the most heavily aged populations you will find alongside such a complete set of amenities — and that explains why the families pillar stops at a 6.3 despite the short school distance. On safety, a 9.3, all four categories of offence lie below the national middle.

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no. 12 of 18 in Heiloo

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Is Akkerbuurt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Akkerbuurt comes out at 18 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.

Total crime

18.4 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.0 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.1 per 1,000

Property crime

7.8 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 47 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

0.9 km

GP practice

0.5 km

Train station

0.6 km

Restaurant

0.6 km

Hospital

3.8 km

Café

0.9 km

Library

0.5 km

Motorway ramp

3.4 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

€ 445,000

Welfare recipients

31.2 per 1,000

High incomes

17%

Low incomes

44%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

49%

Social housing

35%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

58%

Built after 2000

21%

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

5,412 inw/km²

Noise level

53 dB

Green surroundings

61%

Trees nearby

19%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,939

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.7 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

0.6 km

Households with children

26%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

1.5 km

Residents under 15

12%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Akkerbuurt has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 35%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1512%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4518%
NL median 22%
45–6526%
NL median 28%
65+35%
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
1.9 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
46% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
26% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,412 — 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 Akkerbuurt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Akkerbuurt comes out at 18 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 Akkerbuurt?

In Akkerbuurt the police recorded 47 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (18 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 Akkerbuurt calculated?

Akkerbuurt scores 8.8 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 Akkerbuurt 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.