neighbourhood in Zaanstad

Rooswijk Noord

3,270 residents · postal code 1544 · Part of Rooswijk, Zaanstad

Top 22% in the Netherlands

Safe, but not spacious

For Rooswijk Noord the amenities pillar is missing, and with it every distance to shop, GP, school or station. The overall score of 8.4 therefore rests on four pillars instead of five — anyone comparing this neighbourhood with another is not comparing the same thing. The income distribution and vacancy are missing too: the CBS does not publish those where there are too few households.

What is there is consistent. The safety pillar reaches 9.5 with violence, burglary, theft and vandalism all four below the national median, and a total number of reported offences at about half the national middle.

The wealth & income pillar comes out at 5.8 and rests on fewer components than its weight: mainly on a property value slightly above the national middle, and on a social assistance rate well above it.

no. 2,832 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 18 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 Rooswijk Noord a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Rooswijk Noord comes out at 13 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Rooswijk Noord is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest 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

12.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.2 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.3 per 1,000

Property crime

5.8 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 46 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

€ 446,000

Welfare recipients

12.2 per 1,000

Owner-occupied

68%

Social housing

30%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

80%

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

8,663 inw/km²

Noise level

54 dB

Green surroundings

51%

Trees nearby

Water share

10%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,342

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.2 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

40%

Residents under 15

11%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

0–1511%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4519%
NL median 22%
45–6534%
NL median 28%
65+24%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
27% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
40% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
8,663 — 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 Rooswijk Noord a safe neighbourhood?

How much crime is there in Rooswijk Noord?

In Rooswijk Noord the police recorded 46 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (13 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 Rooswijk Noord calculated?

Rooswijk Noord scores 8.4 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 Rooswijk Noord 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.