neighbourhood in Purmerend

Wheermolen-West

2,545 residents · postal code 1443 · Part of Wheermolen, Purmerend

Bottom 25% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

In Wheermolen-West the railway station is seven hundred metres away, and so are the supermarket, the doctor and the restaurant. That concentration produces an 8.8 for amenities, and it is the only score on which the neighbourhood excels.

The wealth & income pillar gets no further than 3.9, and that is not down to one deviant component. Property values are below the national median, the share of high incomes is about half of what is usual nationally, there are more low-income households than average and the social assistance rate is more than triple. Only vacancy is not a problem.

On safety the picture is mixed. Theft and violence stay below the national midpoint, but burglary and vandalism are clearly above it, and it is those two that keep the pillar at 5.4.

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no. 26 of 31 in Purmerend

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Is Wheermolen-West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Wheermolen-West comes out at 25 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

24.5 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.9 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.3 per 1,000

Property crime

7.0 per 1,000

Vandalism

4.1 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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The figures ⌄

Amenities

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

Supermarket

0.7 km

GP practice

0.8 km

Train station

0.7 km

Restaurant

0.6 km

Hospital

1.3 km

Café

0.7 km

Library

1.5 km

Motorway ramp

2.4 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

€ 353,000

Welfare recipients

27.5 per 1,000

High incomes

10%

Low incomes

45%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

21%

Social housing

67%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

34%

Built after 2000

57%

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

9,061 inw/km²

Noise level

55 dB

Green surroundings

40%

Trees nearby

11%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

3,411

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

0.9 km

Households with children

25%

Childcare

0.7 km

Secondary school

1.6 km

Residents under 15

12%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Wheermolen-West has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 33%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1512%
NL median 14%
15–259%
NL median 11%
25–4523%
NL median 22%
45–6523%
NL median 28%
65+33%
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
1.8 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
48% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
25% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
9,061 — 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-West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Wheermolen-West comes out at 25 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 Wheermolen-West?

In Wheermolen-West the police recorded 71 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (25 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-West calculated?

Wheermolen-West scores 4.3 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 Wheermolen-West 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.