neighbourhood in Purmerend

Europa

5,505 residents · postal code 1448 · Part of Weidevenne, Purmerend

Top 23% in the Netherlands

Safe, but not spacious

The supermarket in Europa is one and a half kilometres away and the GP over a kilometre — far, for daily groceries, and it is precisely those two that weigh most heavily in the amenities pillar. Hence a 6.2, while virtually all the other figures here are high. The primary school is close by, but it counts in a different pillar.

Quiet lags furthest behind with a 3.7, and that has nothing to do with crime — that sits elsewhere. The noise level lies almost seven decibels above the national middle and the share of greenery in the surroundings stays below it. On the safety side the picture is reversed: none of the four registered types reaches the national level, and burglary sits far below it. That yields a 9.3, putting this neighbourhood in the best tenth of the country.

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Is Europa a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Europa comes out at 16 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Europa 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

16.2 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.5 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.2 per 1,000

Property crime

5.2 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.2 per 1,000

In 2025, 112 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

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The figures ⌄

Amenities

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Supermarket

1.6 km

GP practice

1.3 km

Train station

1.9 km

Restaurant

0.9 km

Hospital

3.0 km

Café

1.5 km

Library

2.7 km

Motorway ramp

1.2 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

€ 464,000

Welfare recipients

12.7 per 1,000

High incomes

25%

Low incomes

33%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

56%

Social housing

32%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

42%

Built after 2000

100%

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

6,461 inw/km²

Noise level

58 dB

Green surroundings

46%

Trees nearby

10%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,628

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.2 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

34%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

2.4 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Europa has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 31%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4531%
NL median 22%
45–6525%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
38% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
34% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,461 — 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 Europa a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Europa comes out at 16 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Europa 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 Europa?

In Europa the police recorded 112 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (16 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 Europa calculated?

Europa 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 Europa 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.