neighbourhood in Schagen

Nesdijk

1,810 residents · postal code 1741 · Part of Schagen-Noord, Schagen

Top 33% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

More than one in three residents of Nesdijk are 65 or over, and households with children are clearly in the minority here. That the families pillar still reaches a 6.7 is down to the primary school five hundred metres away — distance is the heaviest component of that pillar, even where few children live.

Wealth & income is weak across the board at a 3.7: low property value, high social assistance, a thin top and a broad bottom to the income distribution. Against that stands excellent accessibility — a 9.3 for amenities, with supermarket, school and GP all within a kilometre. The violence rate is well below the national median and lifts the safety pillar far above average.

no. 4,234 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 15 of 72 in Schagen

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Is Nesdijk a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Nesdijk comes out at 23 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

22.7 per 1,000

Violent crime

0.9 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.5 per 1,000

Property crime

6.7 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 47 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

0.5 km

GP practice

0.8 km

Train station

1.3 km

Restaurant

0.6 km

Hospital

1.8 km

Café

0.7 km

Library

1.0 km

Motorway ramp

0.7 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

€ 323,000

Welfare recipients

22.1 per 1,000

High incomes

12%

Low incomes

46%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

51%

Social housing

39%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

62%

Built after 2000

28%

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

4,347 inw/km²

Noise level

53 dB

Green surroundings

40%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,892

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.1 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

24%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

1.2 km

Residents under 15

11%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Nesdijk has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 37%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1511%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4521%
NL median 22%
45–6522%
NL median 28%
65+37%
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
1.9 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
46% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
24% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,347 — 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 Nesdijk a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Nesdijk comes out at 23 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 Nesdijk?

In Nesdijk the police recorded 47 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (23 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 Nesdijk calculated?

Nesdijk scores 7.6 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 Nesdijk 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.