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Noorderhoofdbuurt

2,265 residents · postal code 1561 · Part of Krommenie Oost, Zaanstad

  • no. 6,177 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 30 of 72 in Zaanstad

Scores per pillar

The Noorderhoofdbuurt in Krommenie is a neighbourhood of two faces: half single-person households and much rental housing (66 percent), yet a 9.4 safety score and an 8.7 for amenities — supermarket and GP within 500 metres, Krommenie-Assendelft station two and a half kilometres away. The €344k average property value keeps housing at 4.4. Overall: 6.5.

Amenities nearby

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Large supermarket
0.5 km
General practitioner
0.4 km
Primary school
1.2 km
Secondary school
1.5 km
Childcare
0.4 km
Train station
2.5 km
Hospital
2.9 km
Restaurant
0.4 km
Café
0.6 km
Library
1.2 km

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year (residents plus business activity, see method). Small neighbourhoods are statistically smoothed.

Total crimes
17.4
Violent crimes
0.5
Burglaries
0.4

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 344,000
Owner-occupied
34%
Single-family homes
47%
Built after 2000
30%
Income per resident

Who lives here

0–15 14%15–25 8%25–45 26%45–65 28%65+ 24%
Average household size
1.8
Households with children
26%
Single-person households
51%
Residents per km²
5,542

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Noorderhoofdbuurt calculated?

Noorderhoofdbuurt scores 6.5 overall. That is a weighted average of five pillars: safety, amenities, housing, social & income, and nature & quiet. Each pillar compares this neighbourhood with every other neighbourhood in the Netherlands, using open data from CBS and the police.

Is Noorderhoofdbuurt a safe neighbourhood?

Noorderhoofdbuurt scores 9.4 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (17.4 per year). The national median is around 24.1.