neighbourhood in Medemblik

Andijk Centrum

2,205 residents · postal code 1619 · Part of Andijk, Medemblik

Bottom 50% in the Netherlands

Safe streets, thinner wallets

Andijk Centrum is exceptionally quiet. The measured noise level is more than nine decibels below the Dutch middle, a difference you hear rather than merely measure. Even so the quiet & nature pillar gets no further than 6.4, and that comes from the other side of the pillar: both the greenery within three hundred metres and the tree canopy stay below the national level. Quiet and greenery do not coincide here.

The second thing that stands out is the distance nothing makes up for. Supermarket, GP and school are all within a kilometre, but the nearest railway station is almost seven. For daily life that makes no difference; for anyone commuting or without a car, all the difference.

The wealth & income pillar stalls at 5.0 mainly because of the income spread: the top group is thinner here than nationally, the bottom group broader.

no. 6,612 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 25 of 51 in Medemblik

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Is Andijk Centrum a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Andijk Centrum comes out at 20 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

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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

19.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.6 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.1 per 1,000

Property crime

8.4 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.2 per 1,000

In 2025, 50 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

0.8 km

GP practice

0.6 km

Train station

6.9 km

Restaurant

0.8 km

Hospital

9.7 km

Café

4.6 km

Library

5.1 km

Motorway ramp

5.5 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

€ 391,000

Welfare recipients

9.1 per 1,000

High incomes

15%

Low incomes

41%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

64%

Social housing

33%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

82%

Built after 2000

40%

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

2,730 inw/km²

Noise level

42 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

593

Fine particles (PM2.5)

6.6 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

0.7 km

Households with children

38%

Childcare

0.7 km

Secondary school

6.0 km

Residents under 15

19%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Andijk Centrum has strikingly many children under 15: 19%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1519%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4523%
NL median 22%
45–6524%
NL median 28%
65+23%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
32% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
38% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,730 — 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 Andijk Centrum a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Andijk Centrum comes out at 20 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 Andijk Centrum?

In Andijk Centrum the police recorded 50 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (20 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 Andijk Centrum calculated?

Andijk Centrum scores 6.2 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 Andijk 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.