neighbourhood in Het Hogeland

Uithuizen Centrum

1,805 residents · postal code 9981 · Part of Uithuizen, Het Hogeland

Bottom 37% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

The wealth & income pillar of Uithuizen Centrum comes out at 2.6, and unusually all its components point the same way: property value is far below the national median, the share of high incomes is smaller than nationally, the share of low incomes clearly larger, the social assistance rate approaches five times the median and vacancy too is higher.

Even so, this is no forgotten corner. The amenities pillar reaches 8.8: shop, GP, school and station are all within seven hundred metres. And at eighteen per cent, the tree canopy is a good double the national median — unusually much shade for a centre.

The 5.8 for safety comes almost entirely from one type. Violence here is a good twice above the national median, while burglary hardly occurs and property crime stays below the median.

no. 8,284 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 26 of 62 in Het Hogeland

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Is Uithuizen Centrum a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Uithuizen Centrum comes out at 29 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more 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

28.8 per 1,000

Violent crime

6.2 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.1 per 1,000

Property crime

8.0 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.3 per 1,000

In 2025, 66 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

0.6 km

GP practice

0.7 km

Train station

0.7 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

23.2 km

Café

0.5 km

Library

0.8 km

Motorway ramp

0.5 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

€ 238,000

Welfare recipients

38.8 per 1,000

High incomes

10%

Low incomes

51%

Vacancy

10%

Owner-occupied

57%

Social housing

30%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

73%

Built after 2000

24%

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

2,117 inw/km²

Noise level

50 dB

Green surroundings

58%

Trees nearby

18%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

711

Fine particles (PM2.5)

6.0 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

28%

Childcare

0.8 km

Secondary school

0.8 km

Residents under 15

11%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Uithuizen Centrum has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 14%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1511%
NL median 14%
15–2514%
NL median 11%
25–4521%
NL median 22%
45–6528%
NL median 28%
65+26%
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
45% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
28% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,117 — less 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 Uithuizen Centrum a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Uithuizen Centrum comes out at 29 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. 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 Uithuizen Centrum?

In Uithuizen Centrum the police recorded 66 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (29 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 Uithuizen Centrum calculated?

Uithuizen Centrum scores 5.2 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 Uithuizen Centrum 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.