neighbourhood in Purmerend

Middenbeemster

5,810 residents · postal code 1462 · Part of Beemster, Purmerend

Top 33% in the Netherlands

Room to spare, amenities further off

At 278 residents per square kilometre Middenbeemster is spacious and open, and that shows in the quiet pillar: a 7.9. But the greenery there is not the greenery of a wood. Almost four fifths of the surroundings counts as green, while the tree canopy does not reach a third of the national middle. Plenty of green on the map, few trees above it — a difference a reader sees stated nowhere else.

The families score lags at a 6.0 behind what you would expect in a neighbourhood where a good four in ten households have children. The primary school is a little over a kilometre away, and that distance is the heaviest component of the pillar. The wealth pillar is in better shape: a property value well above the Dutch line, little social assistance and more top incomes than usual.

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no. 10 of 31 in Purmerend

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Is Middenbeemster a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Middenbeemster comes out at 20 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

The figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

20.0 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.9 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.4 per 1,000

Property crime

6.9 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 158 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

1.0 km

GP practice

1.0 km

Train station

7.7 km

Restaurant

0.8 km

Hospital

8.0 km

Café

0.9 km

Library

1.0 km

Motorway ramp

2.3 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

€ 503,000

Welfare recipients

10.3 per 1,000

High incomes

22%

Low incomes

36%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

69%

Social housing

26%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

86%

Built after 2000

33%

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

278 inw/km²

Noise level

49 dB

Green surroundings

79%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

560

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.4 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

41%

Childcare

0.9 km

Secondary school

6.6 km

Residents under 15

18%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Middenbeemster has strikingly many children under 15: 18%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1518%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4526%
NL median 22%
45–6527%
NL median 28%
65+20%
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
30% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
41% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
278 — far 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 Middenbeemster a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Middenbeemster comes out at 20 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Middenbeemster?

In Middenbeemster the police recorded 158 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (20 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 Middenbeemster calculated?

Middenbeemster scores 7.5 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 Middenbeemster 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.