neighbourhood in Heiloo

Oosterzij

2,145 residents · postal code 1851 · Part of Ypestein, Heiloo

Top 3% in the Netherlands

Safe, but few children

At 9.8, Oosterzij belongs to the four hundred highest-scoring neighbourhoods in the Netherlands, and the safety score contributes most to that. Of the four measured offence types not one sits above the national middle; vandalism and burglary occur four to six times less often.

The wealth & income pillar points the same way, with a property value more than a quarter above the median and a social assistance rate around the national one.

The 6.4 for families stands out among them. The primary school is seven hundred metres away, so distance does not explain it — the share of children under fifteen stays below the national figure here, and that component counts in this pillar alongside the distances. That the score looks low next to the rest of the page says more about the rest than about this neighbourhood.

no. 387 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 4 of 18 in Heiloo

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Is Oosterzij a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Oosterzij comes out at 11 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Oosterzij 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.

Total crime

11.0 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.0 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.4 per 1,000

Property crime

3.7 per 1,000

Vandalism

0.4 per 1,000

In 2025, 24 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

0.7 km

GP practice

0.7 km

Train station

2.1 km

Restaurant

1.0 km

Hospital

2.5 km

Café

1.1 km

Library

1.9 km

Motorway ramp

3.7 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

€ 529,000

Welfare recipients

9.3 per 1,000

High incomes

26%

Low incomes

35%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

70%

Social housing

16%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

64%

Built after 2000

17%

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

2,402 inw/km²

Noise level

53 dB

Green surroundings

69%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,285

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.6 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

0.7 km

Households with children

32%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

3.1 km

Residents under 15

12%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Oosterzij looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1512%
NL median 14%
15–2513%
NL median 11%
25–4519%
NL median 22%
45–6533%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
38% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
32% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,402 — around the 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 Oosterzij a safe neighbourhood?

How much crime is there in Oosterzij?

In Oosterzij the police recorded 24 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (11 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 Oosterzij calculated?

Oosterzij scores 9.8 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 Oosterzij 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.