neighbourhood in Heiloo

Oud West

3,295 residents · postal code 1852 · Part of Heiloo Noord-West, Heiloo

Top 2% in the Netherlands

Well-off, and comfortable across the board

Oud West in Heiloo is among the highest-scoring neighbourhoods in the country with an overall 9.9, and the wealth & income pillar contributes most to that. All four components point the same way: a property value more than one and a half times the national middle, a top layer much broader than nationally, a narrower bottom layer and little social assistance.

On safety there is one exception worth naming. Violence here is at a fifth of the national median and theft well below it, but burglary is above it — the only type of offence pointing the other way, and the heaviest after violence.

The quiet & nature pillar reaches 7.7 thanks to a tree canopy nearly three times the national one and a share of greenery well above the median. Almost one in three residents is 65 or older, and that is the clearest population feature here.

no. 252 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 3 of 18 in Heiloo

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Is Oud West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Oud West comes out at 13 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Oud West 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

13.5 per 1,000

Violent crime

0.5 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.9 per 1,000

Property crime

4.9 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 52 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

1.4 km

Train station

1.1 km

Restaurant

0.9 km

Hospital

3.6 km

Café

1.3 km

Library

1.1 km

Motorway ramp

3.1 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

€ 669,000

Welfare recipients

6.1 per 1,000

High incomes

31%

Low incomes

32%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

86%

Social housing

11%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

72%

Built after 2000

42%

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

3,324 inw/km²

Noise level

51 dB

Green surroundings

70%

Trees nearby

23%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,337

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.5 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

32%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

0.8 km

Residents under 15

15%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Oud West has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 31%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1515%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4515%
NL median 22%
45–6529%
NL median 28%
65+31%
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
31% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
32% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,324 — 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 Oud West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Oud West comes out at 13 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Oud West 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 Oud West?

In Oud West the police recorded 52 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (13 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 Oud West calculated?

Oud West scores 9.9 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 Oud West 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.