neighbourhood in Medemblik

Abbekerk Centrum

1,935 residents · postal code 1657 · Part of Abbekerk, Medemblik

Top 23% in the Netherlands

Safe streets, thinner wallets

Abbekerk Centrum earns a 9.8 for safety: every recorded offence type is below the national median, with violence and burglary far below it. The same goes for greenery — the surroundings are considerably greener than the national figure — and that produces a 7.0 for quiet & nature.

The 5.8 for families is the striking exception, because the primary school is five hundred metres away. The explanation therefore lies in the other part of that pillar: few children live here. More than a quarter of residents are 65 or over and the share of young children stays below the national level. Wealth & income comes out at a 5.4, with property value just under the median and social assistance slightly above it.

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Is Abbekerk Centrum a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Abbekerk Centrum comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Abbekerk Centrum 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

15.2 per 1,000

Violent crime

0.8 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.1 per 1,000

Property crime

5.8 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 33 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

10.3 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

11.8 km

Café

7.1 km

Library

6.2 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

€ 387,000

Welfare recipients

10.3 per 1,000

High incomes

16%

Low incomes

39%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

73%

Social housing

24%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

95%

Built after 2000

16%

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

2,860 inw/km²

Noise level

49 dB

Green surroundings

80%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

314

Fine particles (PM2.5)

6.8 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

30%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

9.3 km

Residents under 15

13%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

0–1513%
NL median 14%
15–259%
NL median 11%
25–4521%
NL median 22%
45–6528%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
35% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
30% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,860 — 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 Abbekerk Centrum a safe neighbourhood?

How much crime is there in Abbekerk Centrum?

In Abbekerk Centrum the police recorded 33 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (15 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 Abbekerk Centrum calculated?

Abbekerk Centrum scores 8.3 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 Abbekerk 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.