neighbourhood in Oostzaan

Kerkbuurt

7,120 residents · postal code 1511 · Part of Wijk 00, Oostzaan

Top 24% in the Netherlands

Spacious, but safety lags

The number of registered offences in Kerkbuurt lies just above the national median, but the composition is unusual: vandalism and violence both rise above it while theft stays well below. The 5.7 for safety therefore does not come from what disappears, but from the two other types.

The property value in this Oostzaan centre lies above the Dutch midpoint and little stands empty. That wealth nevertheless stays stuck at a 6.4 is down to a social assistance rate that reaches well over one and a half times the national level.

And the 7.7 for quiet does not come from silence, because the noise level sits just above the average, but from space and water. With roughly two thousand residents per square kilometre and a seventh of the surface area under water this is a spaciously laid-out village.

no. 3,070 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 3 of 4 in Oostzaan

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Is Kerkbuurt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Kerkbuurt comes out at 25 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood.

The figures ⌄

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

25.2 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.6 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.6 per 1,000

Property crime

5.2 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.4 per 1,000

In 2025, 244 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

0.7 km

Train station

5.8 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

5.6 km

Café

0.6 km

Library

2.9 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

€ 469,000

Welfare recipients

12.6 per 1,000

High incomes

21%

Low incomes

36%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

60%

Social housing

35%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

79%

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

2,049 inw/km²

Noise level

53 dB

Green surroundings

56%

Trees nearby

Water share

15%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,187

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.3 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

0.6 km

Households with children

37%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

3.2 km

Residents under 15

14%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Kerkbuurt looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4522%
NL median 22%
45–6528%
NL median 28%
65+24%
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
33% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
37% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,049 — less 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 Kerkbuurt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Kerkbuurt comes out at 25 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Kerkbuurt?

In Kerkbuurt the police recorded 244 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (25 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 Kerkbuurt calculated?

Kerkbuurt scores 8.2 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 Kerkbuurt 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.