neighbourhood in Stede Broec

Princenhof Bovenkarspel

1,895 residents · postal code 1611 · Part of Stede Broec Zuid, Stede Broec

Top 35% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, thinner wallets

Two figures in Princenhof Bovenkarspel point in opposite directions: a 9.4 for families next to a 3.8 for wealth & income. The first comes from distance — school and supermarket at five hundred metres — and from the high share of households with children. The second cannot be pinned on one component: property values stay far below the national median, social assistance is more than twice above it, and the share of high incomes is roughly half the usual national figure. Every component points the same way.

Safety, meanwhile, is better than the national picture, with a 7.4 resting mainly on low property crime; only vandalism is above the median. Quiet & nature lags behind, and that is the price of density: this is compactly built ground where greenery within three hundred metres is below the national median.

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no. 10 of 21 in Stede Broec

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Is Princenhof Bovenkarspel a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Princenhof Bovenkarspel comes out at 20 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer 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

20.3 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.2 per 1,000

Property crime

3.4 per 1,000

Vandalism

4.4 per 1,000

In 2025, 41 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

1.0 km

Train station

1.5 km

Restaurant

1.2 km

Hospital

4.2 km

Café

1.7 km

Library

1.4 km

Motorway ramp

0.8 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

€ 304,000

Welfare recipients

15.8 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

44%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

63%

Social housing

34%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

96%

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

5,174 inw/km²

Noise level

53 dB

Green surroundings

46%

Trees nearby

13%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,461

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

42%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

1.7 km

Residents under 15

19%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Princenhof Bovenkarspel has strikingly many children under 15: 19%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1519%
NL median 14%
15–2514%
NL median 11%
25–4524%
NL median 22%
45–6525%
NL median 28%
65+18%
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
31% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
42% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,174 — 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 Princenhof Bovenkarspel a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Princenhof Bovenkarspel comes out at 20 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Princenhof Bovenkarspel?

In Princenhof Bovenkarspel the police recorded 41 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (20 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 Princenhof Bovenkarspel calculated?

Princenhof Bovenkarspel scores 7.4 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 Princenhof 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.