neighbourhood in Purmerend

Gors-Noord

6,015 residents · postal code 1441 · Part of Gors, Purmerend

Top 44% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

Burglary is strikingly rare in Gors-Noord: that figure is a fraction of the national median, while violence and vandalism sit almost exactly on it and theft stays below. Because burglary counts heavily, there is a 7.2 for safety — higher than the total number of registrations suggests.

The 4.5 for wealth & income comes mainly from property value, which stays far below the Dutch middle, and from social assistance use that is three times above it. The income distribution itself deviates little: the share of low incomes is exactly national, that of high ones slightly smaller.

The station eight hundred metres away is what explains the 8.6 for amenities. For anyone who commutes daily that is this neighbourhood's main asset.

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no. 15 of 31 in Purmerend

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Is Gors-Noord a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Gors-Noord comes out at 26 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

25.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.4 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.2 per 1,000

Property crime

7.9 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.4 per 1,000

In 2025, 206 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

0.7 km

GP practice

0.7 km

Train station

0.8 km

Restaurant

1.4 km

Hospital

0.8 km

Café

1.1 km

Library

0.9 km

Motorway ramp

1.8 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

€ 360,000

Welfare recipients

24.9 per 1,000

High incomes

16%

Low incomes

38%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

53%

Social housing

35%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

65%

Built after 2000

17%

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

6,071 inw/km²

Noise level

55 dB

Green surroundings

42%

Trees nearby

12%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,897

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

1.1 km

Households with children

35%

Childcare

0.7 km

Secondary school

2.0 km

Residents under 15

15%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Gors-Noord has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 28%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1515%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4528%
NL median 22%
45–6525%
NL median 28%
65+22%
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
36% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
35% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,071 — 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 Gors-Noord a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Gors-Noord comes out at 26 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 Gors-Noord?

In Gors-Noord the police recorded 206 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (26 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 Gors-Noord calculated?

Gors-Noord scores 6.8 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 Gors-Noord 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.