neighbourhood in Waterland
Broek in Waterland
2,715 residents · postal code 1151 · Part of Broek in Waterland, Waterland
Safe, but everything is a drive away
At two hundred and seventy residents per square kilometre, Broek in Waterland is spacious and empty, and that cuts both ways. It yields an 8.3 for quiet and nature — mainly through the space and the greenery, since the tree canopy here is actually thin. At the same time the supermarket is five kilometres away and the railway station more than eleven, and that pushes the amenities pillar down to a 4.5.
Property value is well above the national median, high incomes are well represented and social assistance barely occurs; only vacancy comes out exactly at the national level, which points nowhere. That 8.7 for wealth & income is therefore broadly supported.
The families score stops at a 5.7, while almost four in ten households have children. The primary school is a kilometre away, and that is the heaviest item in the pillar.
- no. 2,032 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 6 of 19 in Waterland
How Broek in Waterland scores
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Is Broek in Waterland a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Broek in Waterland comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Broek in Waterland is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest 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, 59 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
The age profile of Broek in Waterland looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1517%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4517%
NL median 22%
- 45–6531%
NL median 28%
- 65+24%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
33% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
38% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
267 — 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 Broek in Waterland a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Broek in Waterland comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Broek in Waterland is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Broek in Waterland?
In Broek in Waterland the police recorded 59 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (15 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 Broek in Waterland calculated?
Broek in Waterland scores 8.8 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 Broek in Waterland 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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Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Waterland.
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