neighbourhood in Zaanstad

Oud Zaandijk

2,925 residents · postal code 1544 · Part of Oud Zaandijk, Zaanstad

Bottom 17% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, safety lags

More than a quarter of the surface of Oud Zaandijk is water, against a national median of half a per cent. Water counts for a fifth of the quiet & nature pillar, and yet that pillar gets no further than a 3.8: noise is well above the national median and greenery within three hundred metres well below it. One strong component does not hold back the other four.

Safety stands at a 3.3, and that is across the board. Violence runs at about double the national median, and burglary, property offences and criminal damage are all three above it as well. So no single category explains the score on its own.

Among amenities the GP at more than a kilometre is the only long distance; station, restaurant and supermarket are all close. That produces an 8.5 — the only score in this Zaan neighbourhood that rises well above the national median.

no. 10,926 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 54 of 72 in Zaanstad

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Is Oud Zaandijk a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Oud Zaandijk comes out at 32 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

The figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

31.7 per 1,000

Violent crime

4.5 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.9 per 1,000

Property crime

11.1 per 1,000

Vandalism

4.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 137 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.

Supermarket

0.6 km

GP practice

1.3 km

Train station

1.1 km

Restaurant

0.3 km

Hospital

3.5 km

Café

0.4 km

Library

3.7 km

Motorway ramp

0.6 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

41.0 per 1,000

High incomes

18%

Low incomes

39%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

50%

Social housing

45%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

63%

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

5,563 inw/km²

Noise level

58 dB

Green surroundings

37%

Trees nearby

Water share

27%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,496

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

0.8 km

Households with children

28%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

1.6 km

Residents under 15

14%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–259%
NL median 11%
25–4526%
NL median 22%
45–6530%
NL median 28%
65+21%
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
1.9 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
48% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
28% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,563 — 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 Zaandijk a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Oud Zaandijk comes out at 32 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. 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 Zaandijk?

In Oud Zaandijk the police recorded 137 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (32 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 Zaandijk calculated?

Oud Zaandijk scores 3.7 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 Zaandijk 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.