neighbourhood in Purmerend

Noordbeemster

605 residents · postal code 1463 · Part of Beemster, Purmerend

Bottom 36% in the Netherlands

Well-off, and well out of town

The offence rate in Noordbeemster is more than twice the national median and yet safety scores a 6.1. That is because almost all of it is property crime: violence and burglary are both below the national level, and those two carry the most weight in this pillar. In this thinly populated area it also comes down to few cases.

Distance is the real story. The supermarket and GP are a good four kilometres away and the primary school almost three, which pushes amenities down to a 3.0 and families to a 3.4. Against that stands a 9.4 for wealth & income, carried by a property value far above the median and a complete absence of social assistance.

no. 8,465 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 22 of 31 in Purmerend

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Is Noordbeemster a safe 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

54.6 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.2 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.3 per 1,000

Property crime

36.3 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 71 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

4.2 km

GP practice

4.2 km

Train station

11.1 km

Restaurant

2.1 km

Hospital

11.4 km

Café

2.6 km

Library

4.3 km

Motorway ramp

0.6 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

€ 691,000

Welfare recipients

0.0 per 1,000

High incomes

27%

Low incomes

35%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

93%

Social housing

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

97%

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

34 inw/km²

Noise level

50 dB

Green surroundings

78%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.2 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

2.6 km

Households with children

39%

Childcare

2.0 km

Secondary school

10.1 km

Residents under 15

14%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Noordbeemster has strikingly many residents aged 45 to 65: 36%, against 28% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4517%
NL median 22%
45–6536%
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
2.5 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
23% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
39% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
34 — 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 Noordbeemster a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Noordbeemster comes out at 55 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Noordbeemster is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes. One caveat: the figure counts per person present, not per resident. In a neighbourhood with many visitors — a centre, a station, a shopping area — it therefore comes out higher than residents experience. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Noordbeemster?

In Noordbeemster the police recorded 71 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (55 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 Noordbeemster calculated?

Noordbeemster scores 5.1 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 Noordbeemster 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.