neighbourhood in Zaanstad

Oud Koog

5,025 residents · postal code 1541 · Part of Oud Koog a/d Zaan, Zaanstad

Bottom 32% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, safety lags

Oud Koog achieves a 9.5 for amenities and a 3.3 for safety, and both figures come from the same fact: a densely built neighbourhood right by a station. Everything is within walking distance, the train included. Set against that is an offence figure that is more than double the national one, driven by theft and burglary. Violence sits exactly on the median, so the difference is not there.

The quiet score of 3.7 is more interesting still. Water takes up a considerable part of the surface here, much more than elsewhere, and that counts in that pillar. Yet the figure stays low, because the noise level lies well above the Dutch median and there is hardly any greenery in the surroundings.

The wealth pillar has one deviation that stands out. The income distribution, in fact, barely deviates from the national picture; it is the social assistance figure that lies more than three times above it, together with property values below the median.

no. 8,931 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 39 of 72 in Zaanstad

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Is Oud Koog a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Oud Koog comes out at 43 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Oud Koog is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes.

The figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

42.7 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.3 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.8 per 1,000

Property crime

21.4 per 1,000

Vandalism

4.6 per 1,000

In 2025, 311 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

0.5 km

GP practice

0.6 km

Train station

0.7 km

Restaurant

0.4 km

Hospital

2.0 km

Café

0.9 km

Library

2.3 km

Motorway ramp

0.7 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

€ 348,000

Welfare recipients

23.9 per 1,000

High incomes

17%

Low incomes

38%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

57%

Social housing

33%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

74%

Built after 2000

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

6,152 inw/km²

Noise level

60 dB

Green surroundings

29%

Trees nearby

Water share

15%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,281

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.4 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

0.7 km

Households with children

34%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

1.6 km

Residents under 15

14%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Oud Koog has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 31%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–2513%
NL median 11%
25–4531%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
41% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
34% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,152 — 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 Oud Koog a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Oud Koog comes out at 43 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Oud Koog is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes. 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 Koog?

In Oud Koog the police recorded 311 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (43 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 Koog calculated?

Oud Koog scores 4.9 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 Koog 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.