neighbourhood in Zaanstad

Westerkoog Oost

3,685 residents · postal code 1541 · Part of Westerkoog, Zaanstad

Bottom 31% in the Netherlands

No real strong point

No amenities score has been calculated for Westerkoog Oost, and that is more than a technical detail: the overall score of 4.8 rests here on four pillars instead of five. The income distribution and the vacancy figure are missing too. What is there on income is the social assistance rate, and that sits below the national median — the picture of a neighbourhood without financial hardship.

The crime picture is one-sided. Violence, burglary and vandalism all sit below the national median, but property offences occur almost twice as often and make up the bulk of reported offences. This is a neighbourhood where things go missing, not where the street turns bad after dark. The quiet & nature pillar meanwhile stalls at a 5.2, with a noise level well above the national median.

no. 9,026 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 40 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 Westerkoog Oost a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Westerkoog Oost comes out at 30 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

30.4 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.0 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.5 per 1,000

Property crime

17.2 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 142 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

€ 426,000

Welfare recipients

5.4 per 1,000

Owner-occupied

65%

Social housing

34%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

82%

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

4,329 inw/km²

Noise level

59 dB

Green surroundings

47%

Trees nearby

11%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,184

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.

Households with children

33%

Residents under 15

14%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Westerkoog Oost has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 34%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4518%
NL median 22%
45–6524%
NL median 28%
65+34%
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
31% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
33% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,329 — 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 Westerkoog Oost a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Westerkoog Oost comes out at 30 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 Westerkoog Oost?

In Westerkoog Oost the police recorded 142 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (30 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 Westerkoog Oost calculated?

Westerkoog Oost scores 4.8 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 Westerkoog Oost 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.