neighbourhood in Katwijk

Dorp

1,750 residents · postal code 2235 · Part of Valkenburg, Katwijk

Top 9% in the Netherlands

Safe, but not spacious

What stands out about Dorp in Valkenburg is how ordinary its residents are and how pronounced its surroundings. The share of high incomes sits exactly on the national median, and so does the share of low incomes — a neighbourhood without income outliers, with a wealth & income score of 6.5 driven mainly by property value.

The surroundings are less neutral. At 9.6, safety ranks among the better in the country, with all four offence types below the national figure, while quiet & nature stalls at 3.3: noise is well above the median and the tree canopy is thin. The nearest restaurant is two kilometres away, further than the supermarket, GP and school combined — for a neighbourhood that otherwise has everything around the corner, that is the most conspicuous gap.

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no. 10 of 37 in Katwijk

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Is Dorp a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Dorp comes out at 18 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.

Total crime

18.3 per 1,000

Violent crime

0.9 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.1 per 1,000

Property crime

7.2 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.9 per 1,000

In 2025, 37 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

0.5 km

GP practice

0.4 km

Train station

4.6 km

Restaurant

2.0 km

Hospital

4.1 km

Café

1.9 km

Library

0.5 km

Motorway ramp

1.0 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

€ 456,000

Welfare recipients

5.7 per 1,000

High incomes

19%

Low incomes

38%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

76%

Social housing

18%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

70%

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

4,661 inw/km²

Noise level

56 dB

Green surroundings

43%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,404

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.0 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

0.5 km

Households with children

42%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

2.4 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–2514%
NL median 11%
25–4524%
NL median 22%
45–6528%
NL median 28%
65+18%
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
31% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
42% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,661 — 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 Dorp a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Dorp comes out at 18 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 Dorp?

In Dorp the police recorded 37 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (18 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 Dorp calculated?

Dorp scores 9.3 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 Dorp 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.