neighbourhood in Wormerland

Plaszoom

3,915 residents · postal code 1531 · Part of Wormer, Wormerland

Top 35% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

Almost three in ten square metres in Plaszoom is water, far more than the average neighbourhood has, and still quiet & nature gets no further than a 4.6. Greenery and trees are largely absent here: the tree canopy is a fraction of the national median. Water alone does not lift the pillar.

The 9.0 for amenities comes from short distances across the board — supermarket, GP, school and restaurant are all within six hundred metres, the station within cycling range.

Wealth & income is the weakest component at a 4.9. Property values are below the national median, high incomes are thin on the ground, low incomes better represented and the social assistance rate several times the national one. Only vacancy stands out: there is barely any.

no. 4,535 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 6 of 13 in Wormerland

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Is Plaszoom a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Plaszoom comes out at 18 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

18.3 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.9 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.5 per 1,000

Property crime

5.2 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 88 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

0.6 km

GP practice

0.5 km

Train station

1.8 km

Restaurant

0.6 km

Hospital

5.6 km

Café

0.6 km

Library

0.6 km

Motorway ramp

1.4 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

€ 385,000

Welfare recipients

23.0 per 1,000

High incomes

17%

Low incomes

40%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

59%

Social housing

37%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

67%

Built after 2000

20%

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

5,936 inw/km²

Noise level

50 dB

Green surroundings

32%

Trees nearby

Water share

29%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,983

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.5 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

0.6 km

Households with children

37%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

4.5 km

Residents under 15

15%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Plaszoom looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1515%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4525%
NL median 22%
45–6525%
NL median 28%
65+22%
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
34% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
37% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,936 — 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 Plaszoom a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Plaszoom 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 Plaszoom?

In Plaszoom the police recorded 88 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 Plaszoom calculated?

Plaszoom 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 Plaszoom 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.