neighbourhood in Heiloo

Zuid West

2,290 residents · postal code 1852 · Part of Heiloo-West, Heiloo

Top 8% in the Netherlands

Safe streets, thinner wallets

Tree canopy around Zuid West covers almost three times the national share, and two thirds of the immediate surroundings is green. With noise levels below the median that produces a 7.5 for quiet & nature — in a neighbourhood that, at more than five thousand residents per square kilometre, is far from thinly populated.

The safety pillar stands at 9.1 and rests on all four offence types below the national middle, with burglary at virtually zero. The wealth & income pillar lags behind the rest of the profile, and that is not down to property values — those sit exactly on the national median — but to the rate of social assistance, more than twice the national figure. It is the only component here that clearly steps out of line.

no. 974 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 9 of 18 in Heiloo

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Is Zuid West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Zuid West comes out at 12 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Zuid West is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.

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Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

12.4 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.1 per 1,000

Property crime

3.6 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.4 per 1,000

In 2025, 28 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

0.8 km

GP practice

0.9 km

Train station

1.4 km

Restaurant

0.9 km

Hospital

4.4 km

Café

1.6 km

Library

1.2 km

Motorway ramp

3.2 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

€ 426,000

Welfare recipients

17.5 per 1,000

High incomes

20%

Low incomes

37%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

73%

Social housing

23%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

81%

Built after 2000

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

5,214 inw/km²

Noise level

49 dB

Green surroundings

67%

Trees nearby

25%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,462

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

0.5 km

Households with children

34%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

1.9 km

Residents under 15

17%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Zuid West has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 28%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1517%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4519%
NL median 22%
45–6526%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
34% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
34% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,214 — 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 Zuid West a safe neighbourhood?

How much crime is there in Zuid West?

In Zuid West the police recorded 28 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (12 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 Zuid West calculated?

Zuid West scores 9.4 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 Zuid 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.