neighbourhood in Stede Broec
Bovenkarspel buitengebied noord
90 residents · postal code 1611 · Part of Stede Broec Buitengebied, Stede Broec
Spacious and quiet, but not set up for children
Ninety residents spread across a wide stretch of land: Bovenkarspel buitengebied noord is mostly space, and that produces the 9.3 for quiet & nature — noise levels are below the national median and water covers several times the national figure. That space comes at a price the families pillar makes visible. The primary school is more than two kilometres away, and since school and childcare distance together make up almost two thirds of that pillar, the 2.9 follows directly from it.
Income and social assistance figures are missing here; Statistics Netherlands does not publish them where there are too few households, so the wealth & income pillar rests on property value and vacancy alone. The crime figure is far above the national median, but at this population size that means a handful of registrations. Property crime accounts for the largest share of them.
- no. 11,903 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 21 of 21 in Stede Broec
This neighbourhood has few residents; figures are indicative.
How Bovenkarspel buitengebied noord scores
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Is Bovenkarspel buitengebied noord a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Bovenkarspel buitengebied noord comes out at 52 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Bovenkarspel buitengebied noord is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 20 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.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄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.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Quiet & nature
How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
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
The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Tick = Dutch median
Who lives here
Bovenkarspel buitengebied noord has strikingly few residents aged 65 and over: 7%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–158%
NL median 14%
- 15–2518%
NL median 11%
- 25–4529%
NL median 22%
- 45–6538%
NL median 28%
- 65+7%
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
45% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
26% — fewer 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 Bovenkarspel buitengebied noord a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Bovenkarspel buitengebied noord comes out at 52 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Bovenkarspel buitengebied noord 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 Bovenkarspel buitengebied noord?
In Bovenkarspel buitengebied noord the police recorded 20 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (52 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 Bovenkarspel buitengebied noord calculated?
Bovenkarspel buitengebied noord scores 3.2 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 Bovenkarspel buitengebied noord 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.
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