neighbourhood in Katwijk
De Noord
3,560 residents · postal code 2225 · Part of Katwijk aan Zee, Katwijk
Everything for children close by, and little room
De Noord in Katwijk aan Zee is among the country's strongest neighbourhoods on both counts, with a 9.4 for safety and a 9.8 for families. Violence and burglary are far below the national median here, and those are precisely the two weighing heaviest in the safety pillar; the primary school is three hundred metres away and almost four in ten households have children.
The 3.4 for quiet & nature shows the other side. Traffic noise is below the Dutch middle, but greenery within three hundred metres comes to less than half the median and tree canopy is almost absent. Densely built and quiet at the same time is the reality here.
The nearest station is almost nine kilometres away, while shop, school and restaurant are all around the corner.
- no. 682 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 5 of 37 in Katwijk
How De Noord scores
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Is De Noord a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Noord comes out at 17 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer 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.
In 2025, 74 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.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄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.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Quiet & nature
How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
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
The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Tick = Dutch median
Who lives here
De Noord has strikingly many children under 15: 18%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1518%
NL median 14%
- 15–2512%
NL median 11%
- 25–4528%
NL median 22%
- 45–6525%
NL median 28%
- 65+17%
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
2.4 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
33% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
38% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
11,258 — 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 De Noord a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Noord comes out at 17 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in De Noord?
In De Noord the police recorded 74 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (17 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 De Noord calculated?
De Noord scores 9.6 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 De 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.
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