neighbourhood in Stede Broec

Oud Bovenkarspel

1,455 residents · postal code 1611 · Part of Stede Broec Noord, Stede Broec

Bottom 44% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, except school and childcare

The station is six hundred metres away and the supermarket, GP and school are all within a kilometre — that is where the 8.8 for amenities comes from, firmly in the national top. Even so, the overall score stalls at 5.8, because the other pillars sit around or below the median and one strong pillar does not lift the rest.

The 4.7 for families is the most interesting case. The primary school is close by, so distance cannot explain that low score; it lies in who lives here. Almost a third of residents are 65 or older and the share of children stays well below the national picture. The composition works out badly in the wealth & income pillar too: the share of households on a low income is above the national median while property values stay just below it. Property crime, meanwhile, is the only offence type clearly above the national figure here.

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Is Oud Bovenkarspel a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Oud Bovenkarspel comes out at 28 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

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Safety

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

Total crime

28.1 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.8 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.0 per 1,000

Property crime

13.7 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 55 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

0.9 km

GP practice

0.9 km

Train station

0.6 km

Restaurant

0.4 km

Hospital

2.6 km

Café

0.6 km

Library

1.0 km

Motorway ramp

1.0 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

€ 404,000

Welfare recipients

6.9 per 1,000

High incomes

17%

Low incomes

41%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

69%

Social housing

16%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

74%

Built after 2000

32%

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

2,875 inw/km²

Noise level

49 dB

Green surroundings

34%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,252

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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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

31%

Childcare

1.4 km

Secondary school

1.7 km

Residents under 15

12%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Oud Bovenkarspel has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 32%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1512%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4518%
NL median 22%
45–6526%
NL median 28%
65+32%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
32% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
31% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,875 — 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 Oud Bovenkarspel a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Oud Bovenkarspel comes out at 28 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 Oud Bovenkarspel?

In Oud Bovenkarspel the police recorded 55 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (28 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 Oud Bovenkarspel calculated?

Oud Bovenkarspel scores 5.8 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 Oud Bovenkarspel 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.