neighbourhood in Katwijk

't Joght

1,860 residents · postal code 2235 · Part of Valkenburg, Katwijk

Top 7% in the Netherlands

Safe, but not spacious

't Joght combines two things that do not naturally go together: a 9.8 for safety, which puts it among the safest neighbourhoods in the country, and a density of more than eight thousand residents per square kilometre. The latter pushes the quiet & nature pillar down to 3.4 — little greenery, few trees and more noise than is usual nationally.

The 9.5 for families rests here on two things at once: the primary school at four hundred metres and the fact that almost half of households have children. That is a firmer foundation than the average high families score, which often comes from distance alone. The weak point is reach beyond the neighbourhood: the railway station is more than five kilometres away, and that explains the 6.5 for amenities even though everyday facilities are close.

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no. 8 of 37 in Katwijk

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Is 't Joght a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, 't Joght comes out at 13 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: 't Joght 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

13.4 per 1,000

Violent crime

0.9 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.2 per 1,000

Property crime

4.1 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.9 per 1,000

In 2025, 22 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

1.0 km

GP practice

0.9 km

Train station

5.2 km

Restaurant

1.5 km

Hospital

3.6 km

Café

1.4 km

Library

0.7 km

Motorway ramp

1.5 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

€ 480,000

Welfare recipients

10.8 per 1,000

High incomes

22%

Low incomes

36%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

84%

Social housing

11%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

77%

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

8,474 inw/km²

Noise level

56 dB

Green surroundings

42%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,397

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

49%

Childcare

0.9 km

Secondary school

2.0 km

Residents under 15

21%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

't Joght has strikingly many children under 15: 21%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1521%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4525%
NL median 22%
45–6527%
NL median 28%
65+16%
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
2.7 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
24% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
49% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
8,474 — 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 't Joght a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, 't Joght comes out at 13 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: 't Joght is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in 't Joght?

In 't Joght the police recorded 22 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 't Joght calculated?

't Joght scores 9.5 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 't Joght 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.