neighbourhood in Schagen

Waldervaart-Noordwest

2,080 residents · postal code 1742 · Part of Schagen-West, Schagen

Top 21% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, thinner wallets

Anyone watching safety will find little to fault in Waldervaart-Noordwest: violence, burglary, property crime and vandalism all sit below the national median, together good for an 8.4. Quiet & nature scores high too — ambient noise is more than four decibels below the national middle and there is more greenery around than usual.

The contrast is in wealth & income, which stays at 4.6. Property value is far below the median, the top income group is thinner than nationally and the bottom one wider, and there are more than twice as many social assistance claims as in the average neighbourhood. Not one component pulls this figure up.

The primary school is six hundred metres away and more than four in ten households have children; that carries the 8.8 for families.

no. 2,734 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 5 of 72 in Schagen

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Is Waldervaart-Noordwest a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Waldervaart-Noordwest comes out at 13 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Waldervaart-Noordwest is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.

The figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

12.6 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.5 per 1,000

Property crime

2.8 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.1 per 1,000

In 2025, 23 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

1.1 km

GP practice

1.3 km

Train station

2.3 km

Restaurant

1.4 km

Hospital

2.6 km

Café

1.6 km

Library

1.8 km

Motorway ramp

1.2 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

€ 327,000

Welfare recipients

19.2 per 1,000

High incomes

15%

Low incomes

40%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

71%

Social housing

26%

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

4,802 inw/km²

Noise level

47 dB

Green surroundings

60%

Trees nearby

10%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

884

Fine particles (PM2.5)

6.9 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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The figures ⌄

Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.

Primary school

0.6 km

Households with children

43%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

1.6 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Waldervaart-Noordwest looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–2513%
NL median 11%
25–4522%
NL median 22%
45–6528%
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
2.4 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
28% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
43% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,802 — 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 Waldervaart-Noordwest a safe neighbourhood?

How much crime is there in Waldervaart-Noordwest?

In Waldervaart-Noordwest the police recorded 23 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (13 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 Waldervaart-Noordwest calculated?

Waldervaart-Noordwest scores 8.4 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 Waldervaart-Noordwest 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.