neighbourhood in Velsen

Oud-IJmuiden

2,885 residents · postal code 1975 · Part of IJmuiden-West, Velsen

Bottom 16% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, thinner wallets

Almost half the surface of Oud-IJmuiden is water, and yet quiet and nature scores 3.3. The other two measurements in that pillar explain why: greenery within three hundred metres reaches less than a third of the Dutch middle value and traffic noise sits more than eleven decibels above it. Water at the edge of a neighbourhood does not make a place quiet.

Wealth and income ends at 2.9. Alongside a property value far below the national level, vacancy stands out: almost three times the Dutch middle, and in this pillar that is the component which, after property value, says most about how a neighbourhood is doing.

The safety score of 6.1 is better than that. Burglaries are a fraction of the national level and vandalism below it; only violence is above. The primary school is five hundred metres away and the GP just over a kilometre.

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no. 52 of 60 in Velsen

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Is Oud-IJmuiden a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Oud-IJmuiden comes out at 28 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more 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.

Total crime

27.8 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.8 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.3 per 1,000

Property crime

9.4 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.1 per 1,000

In 2025, 107 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

1.0 km

GP practice

1.2 km

Train station

5.4 km

Restaurant

0.4 km

Hospital

5.1 km

Café

0.2 km

Library

2.3 km

Motorway ramp

0.5 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

€ 285,000

Welfare recipients

45.1 per 1,000

High incomes

14%

Low incomes

42%

Vacancy

11%

Owner-occupied

29%

Social housing

61%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

32%

Built after 2000

44%

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

2,651 inw/km²

Noise level

63 dB

Green surroundings

17%

Trees nearby

Water share

48%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,000

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.3 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

28%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

1.7 km

Residents under 15

14%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Oud-IJmuiden has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 30%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4530%
NL median 22%
45–6527%
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
1.8 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
52% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
28% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,651 — 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-IJmuiden a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Oud-IJmuiden 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-IJmuiden?

In Oud-IJmuiden the police recorded 107 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-IJmuiden calculated?

Oud-IJmuiden scores 3.7 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-IJmuiden 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.