neighbourhood in Purmerend

Azië

3,930 residents · postal code 1448 · Part of Weidevenne, Purmerend

Top 14% in the Netherlands

Safe, but not spacious

Azië scores above the national median on four of the five pillars and drops sharply on one: quiet & nature, at a 3.6. It is noticeably louder here than in the average neighbourhood, the green cover nearby lags behind and so does the tree canopy. Only the open water counts in its favour.

Safety stands opposite at a 9.0. Burglary, theft and vandalism are all three clearly below the national median, violence exactly on it. The total amounts to a good third of what the average Dutch neighbourhood records.

The wealth side is unambiguous: property values above the median, little social assistance, little vacancy, more high and fewer low incomes than nationally. That produces a 7.4, in a neighbourhood where almost half of households have children and the primary school is around the corner.

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no. 5 of 31 in Purmerend

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Is Azië a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Azië comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Azië is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.

The figures ⌄

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

2.3 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.3 per 1,000

Property crime

3.4 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.2 per 1,000

In 2025, 68 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

1.2 km

GP practice

0.9 km

Train station

2.0 km

Restaurant

0.9 km

Hospital

2.2 km

Café

1.4 km

Library

2.6 km

Motorway ramp

1.1 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

€ 452,000

Welfare recipients

7.6 per 1,000

High incomes

23%

Low incomes

36%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

80%

Social housing

18%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

84%

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

7,599 inw/km²

Noise level

58 dB

Green surroundings

41%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,221

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.0 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

45%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

3.1 km

Residents under 15

13%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Azië has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 14%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1513%
NL median 14%
15–2514%
NL median 11%
25–4520%
NL median 22%
45–6535%
NL median 28%
65+17%
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
2.4 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
26% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
45% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
7,599 — 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 Azië a safe neighbourhood?

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

In Azië the police recorded 68 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 Azië calculated?

Azië scores 9.0 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 Azië 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.