neighbourhood in Katwijk

Witte Hek

2,035 residents · postal code 2224 · Part of Katwijk aan Zee, Katwijk

Top 32% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, and little room

The crime rate in Witte Hek sits above the national median, but not because of theft. Property offences are actually below it and burglary is rare, while violence reaches almost twice the median and vandalism comes out above it too. That inverts the usual picture: the reports here are more often about what happens in the street than about what disappears from sheds and cars. That is where the 5.6 for safety comes from.

The 5.3 for wealth & income has a different source than such a figure suggests. Property value is at the national median; it is the incomes that pull it down, with a social assistance rate more than twice the median and a broad bottom income group. Housing is not cheap here, then, but the households living in it have less to spend than is usual nationally. The primary school is four hundred metres away, and school distance together with childcare and secondary education is worth almost two thirds of the families pillar — hence the 9.0.

no. 4,098 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 25 of 37 in Katwijk

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Is Witte Hek a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Witte Hek comes out at 35 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more 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

35.4 per 1,000

Violent crime

4.5 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.1 per 1,000

Property crime

7.9 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.8 per 1,000

In 2025, 90 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

0.6 km

GP practice

0.6 km

Train station

7.9 km

Restaurant

0.3 km

Hospital

0.9 km

Café

1.1 km

Library

1.2 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

€ 427,000

Welfare recipients

19.7 per 1,000

High incomes

16%

Low incomes

46%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

60%

Social housing

38%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

52%

Built after 2000

34%

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

8,157 inw/km²

Noise level

55 dB

Green surroundings

39%

Trees nearby

10%

Water share

19%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

3,431

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

0.4 km

Households with children

32%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

1.2 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Witte Hek has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 28%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4520%
NL median 22%
45–6525%
NL median 28%
65+28%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
38% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
32% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
8,157 — 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 Witte Hek a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Witte Hek comes out at 35 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. 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 Witte Hek?

In Witte Hek the police recorded 90 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (35 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 Witte Hek calculated?

Witte Hek scores 7.6 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 Witte Hek 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.