neighbourhood in Texel
Den Burg
6,790 residents · postal code 1791 · Part of Het Oude Land en duingebied, Texel
Safe streets, thinner wallets
In Den Burg not a single burglary was registered. In a neighbourhood of almost seven thousand residents that is exceptional, and it counts heavily: after violence, burglary is the component with the greatest weight in the safety pillar. Hence an 8.9.
The wealth score falls far short of that, at a 3.8. The property value stays below the national median, earners at the top end are thinly sown, and almost one in fourteen addresses stands empty, considerably more than is usual elsewhere.
Even without a railway station within reach the amenities pillar comes out at a 7.4. Supermarket, GP and restaurant lie within walking distance, and that is where the weight sits. What the table does show but does not explain: this is a strongly ageing neighbourhood, and that keeps the families score at a 6.6 despite a school around the corner.
- no. 4,714 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 3 of 13 in Texel
How Den Burg scores
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Is Den Burg a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Den Burg comes out at 18 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 174 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
Den Burg has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 30%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1513%
NL median 14%
- 15–259%
NL median 11%
- 25–4522%
NL median 22%
- 45–6526%
NL median 28%
- 65+30%
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
45% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
24% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,638 — 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 Den Burg a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Den Burg comes out at 18 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 Den Burg?
In Den Burg the police recorded 174 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (18 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 Den Burg calculated?
Den Burg scores 7.3 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 Den Burg 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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