neighbourhood in Purmerend

Wheermolen-Oost

5,340 residents · postal code 1443 · Part of Wheermolen, Purmerend

Bottom 41% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

More than nine thousand residents per square kilometre and still a 6.3 for quiet & nature: Wheermolen-Oost is a densely populated neighbourhood where that pillar does not collapse. The explanation is in the measurements — the tree canopy share is almost twice as high here as in the average Dutch neighbourhood, and the greenery is just below the national median.

With safety things do go wrong, and not through theft. Property crime is only just above the Dutch level here; violence is at double it. Because violence is the heaviest component of that pillar, the figure comes out at a 3.6 while the total number of registrations is far less far above the national level.

The wealth figure of 3.3 rests on a property value well below the national median, a top income group of not even half the national share, and a social assistance rate that is a multiple of it.

no. 7,725 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 21 of 31 in Purmerend

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Is Wheermolen-Oost a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Wheermolen-Oost comes out at 31 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more 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

30.6 per 1,000

Violent crime

4.7 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.8 per 1,000

Property crime

10.0 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.3 per 1,000

In 2025, 203 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

0.5 km

Train station

0.8 km

Restaurant

0.6 km

Hospital

1.6 km

Café

0.7 km

Library

1.8 km

Motorway ramp

2.7 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

€ 309,000

Welfare recipients

43.1 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

45%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

41%

Social housing

55%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

40%

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

9,097 inw/km²

Noise level

53 dB

Green surroundings

51%

Trees nearby

15%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

3,010

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.9 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

0.5 km

Households with children

37%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

1.9 km

Residents under 15

18%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

0–1518%
NL median 14%
15–2513%
NL median 11%
25–4528%
NL median 22%
45–6522%
NL median 28%
65+19%
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
41% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
37% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
9,097 — 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 Wheermolen-Oost a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Wheermolen-Oost comes out at 31 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. 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 Wheermolen-Oost?

In Wheermolen-Oost the police recorded 203 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (31 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 Wheermolen-Oost calculated?

Wheermolen-Oost scores 5.6 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 Wheermolen-Oost 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.