neighbourhood in Zaanstad

Westerwatering Noord

3,735 residents · postal code 1507 · Part of Nieuw West, Zaanstad

Top 46% in the Netherlands

Safe, but not spacious

Westerwatering Noord has no score for amenities, which leaves its overall score of 6.6 resting on four pillars. The income distribution and the vacancy figure are missing as well: the CBS does not publish them where there are too few households.

What stands out is the share of surface water — many times above the national median here. Even so, quiet & nature sticks at 4.9, because both the tree canopy and the greenery around fall below it while the noise level is above. Water alone does not lift that pillar.

Safety does better than the wider Nieuw West average suggests: a 7.5, with a crime figure well below the national median and only burglary coming out above the middle. Property values sit almost exactly on the national median, which yields a 5.5 for wealth & income.

no. 5,998 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 28 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 Westerwatering Noord a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Westerwatering Noord comes out at 18 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer 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

18.4 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.4 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.2 per 1,000

Property crime

7.7 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.2 per 1,000

In 2025, 81 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

€ 421,000

Welfare recipients

10.7 per 1,000

Owner-occupied

66%

Social housing

27%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

79%

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

7,028 inw/km²

Noise level

54 dB

Green surroundings

49%

Trees nearby

Water share

16%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,035

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

36%

Residents under 15

15%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

0–1515%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4523%
NL median 22%
45–6530%
NL median 28%
65+23%
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
32% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
36% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
7,028 — 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 Westerwatering Noord a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Westerwatering Noord comes out at 18 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Westerwatering Noord?

In Westerwatering Noord the police recorded 81 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (18 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 Westerwatering Noord calculated?

Westerwatering Noord scores 6.6 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 Westerwatering 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.