neighbourhood in Zaanstad

Burgemeestersbuurt

3,755 residents · postal code 1501 · Part of Zaandam Zuid, Zaanstad

Bottom 12% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, and little room

The Burgemeestersbuurt has no amenities score, which leaves its overall score of 3.3 resting on four pillars. The income distribution and the vacancy figure are missing too: the CBS does not publish them where there are too few households.

What remains is harsh. Property values are below the national median and the number of social assistance payments per thousand residents more than three times above it, together good for a 3.7 on wealth & income. The 3.2 for quiet & nature comes from scarce greenery and a noise level above the middle, in a densely populated part of southern Zaandam.

Safety lands in the middle at 5.3. The total number of recorded offences is just below the national median, but violence and vandalism are clearly above it — and those are exactly the categories a resident notices on their own street.

no. 11,625 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 61 of 72 in Zaanstad

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Amenities

no grade

Too few figures are available for this area to give a grade.

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Is Burgemeestersbuurt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Burgemeestersbuurt comes out at 23 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood.

The figures ⌄

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

23.2 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.0 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.6 per 1,000

Property crime

6.6 per 1,000

Vandalism

4.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 113 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

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

€ 349,000

Welfare recipients

26.6 per 1,000

Owner-occupied

48%

Social housing

46%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

79%

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

11,013 inw/km²

Noise level

56 dB

Green surroundings

29%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

3,822

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.7 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.

Households with children

36%

Residents under 15

18%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

0–1518%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4530%
NL median 22%
45–6526%
NL median 28%
65+16%
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
40% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
36% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
11,013 — 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 Burgemeestersbuurt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Burgemeestersbuurt comes out at 23 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Burgemeestersbuurt?

In Burgemeestersbuurt the police recorded 113 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (23 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 Burgemeestersbuurt calculated?

Burgemeestersbuurt scores 3.3 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 Burgemeestersbuurt 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.