neighbourhood in Katwijk

Centrum

1,860 residents · postal code 2231 · Part of Rijnsburg, Katwijk

Bottom 21% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

A 9.5 for amenities beside a 2.5 for quiet & nature: in Centrum in Rijnsburg those are two sides of one coin. Supermarket, GP and restaurant are all three hundred metres away, and with that come density, little greenery and more noise than is usual nationally. On the quiet & nature pillar this neighbourhood ends up among the hundred lowest in the country.

Safety lands on 2.9 and the explanation is unambiguous: property crime here is almost three times above the national median and accounts for the largest share of all registrations. Violence and burglary are above it too, so it does not stop at things going missing. Set against that is the families pillar, with an 8.4 resting almost entirely on the short distance to school rather than on the share of children — which is low here.

no. 10,435 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 37 of 37 in Katwijk

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Is Centrum a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Centrum comes out at 45 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Centrum is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most 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

45.4 per 1,000

Violent crime

4.4 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.5 per 1,000

Property crime

28.0 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.8 per 1,000

In 2025, 123 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

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The figures ⌄

Amenities

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Supermarket

0.3 km

GP practice

0.3 km

Train station

5.0 km

Restaurant

0.3 km

Hospital

3.9 km

Café

0.5 km

Library

0.4 km

Motorway ramp

1.7 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

€ 404,000

Welfare recipients

10.8 per 1,000

High incomes

16%

Low incomes

40%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

57%

Social housing

32%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

44%

Built after 2000

13%

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

7,316 inw/km²

Noise level

56 dB

Green surroundings

30%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,171

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.2 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

0.4 km

Households with children

25%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

0.4 km

Residents under 15

11%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Centrum has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 29%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1511%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4526%
NL median 22%
45–6524%
NL median 28%
65+29%
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
43% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
25% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
7,316 — 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 Centrum a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Centrum comes out at 45 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Centrum is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes. 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 Centrum?

In Centrum the police recorded 123 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (45 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 Centrum calculated?

Centrum scores 4.0 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 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.