neighbourhood in Purmerend
Binnenstad
1,995 residents · postal code 1441 · Part of Centrum, Purmerend
- no. 10,013 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
- no. 27 of 31 in Purmerend
Scores per pillar
Purmerend's old centre puts everything within walking distance: amenities score 9.6, with a restaurant round the corner and the station a kilometre and a half off. Against that sits a safety grade of 3.2, at 67.6 crimes per 1,000 people present — though shopping and nightlife crowds inflate that figure. Families are all but absent; sixty percent live alone and just six percent are under fifteen. Home values stay below the middle at €326,000.
Amenities nearby
Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year (residents plus business activity, see method). Small neighbourhoods are statistically smoothed.
per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)
Housing
Who lives here
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Frequently asked questions
How is the grade for Binnenstad calculated?
Binnenstad scores 4.3 overall. That is a weighted average of five pillars: safety, amenities, housing, social & income, and nature & quiet. Each pillar compares this neighbourhood with every other neighbourhood in the Netherlands, using open data from CBS and the police.
Is Binnenstad a safe neighbourhood?
Binnenstad scores 3.2 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (67.6 per year). The national median is around 24.1.