neighbourhood in Huizen

Bovenmaat Noord

3,375 residents · postal code 1274 · Part of Bovenmaten, Huizen

Top 38% in the Netherlands

Safe, but not spacious

Bovenmaat Noord is among the safest neighbourhoods in the country. Violence, burglary and property crime are far below the national median and only vandalism edges above it; that is the 9.1 on which the overall score of 7.2 largely rests.

What holds the area back is one distance. The GP and primary school are close by, but the nearest station is almost ten kilometres away, and that pushes the amenities pillar down to a 5.1. On wealth & income the picture is mixed: there is hardly any vacancy and the top income group is slightly broader than nationally, but the social assistance rate is well over double that of the average neighbourhood and property value stays below the median. A 5.9, then — no weakness, but no capital either.

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Is Bovenmaat Noord a safe neighbourhood?

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

12.8 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.5 per 1,000

Property crime

3.0 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.7 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

1.3 km

GP practice

0.4 km

Train station

9.5 km

Restaurant

1.3 km

Hospital

7.8 km

Café

7.3 km

Library

3.0 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

€ 390,000

Welfare recipients

17.8 per 1,000

High incomes

20%

Low incomes

35%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

63%

Social housing

25%

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

6,421 inw/km²

Noise level

48 dB

Green surroundings

31%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,004

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.1 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

0.8 km

Households with children

37%

Childcare

0.8 km

Secondary school

1.2 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4523%
NL median 22%
45–6528%
NL median 28%
65+22%
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
37% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,421 — 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 Bovenmaat Noord a safe neighbourhood?

How much crime is there in Bovenmaat Noord?

In Bovenmaat Noord the police recorded 47 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 Bovenmaat Noord calculated?

Bovenmaat Noord scores 7.2 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 Bovenmaat Noord 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.