neighbourhood in Zaanstad

Wormerveer Centrum

3,360 residents · postal code 1521 · Part of Wormerveer, Zaanstad

Bottom 1% in the Netherlands

No real strong point

Of all the neighbourhoods in the Netherlands, only eighty rank lower than Wormerveer Centrum, and that overall score of 2.5 rests on four pillars: there is no figure for amenities, nor any of the distances.

The four that are there all point the same way. All four crime types are above the national median, with property crime the largest item. At just over sixty decibels, noise is almost nine decibels higher than the median, and that drags down the quiet & nature pillar despite the amount of water nearby. Wealth & income comes to a 3.8, with property value below the median and social assistance more than two and a half times as common as nationally. Without an amenities score, the one pillar on which a central neighbourhood usually makes up ground drops out as well.

no. 12,992 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 70 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 Wormerveer Centrum a safe neighbourhood?

The figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

39.4 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.3 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.8 per 1,000

Property crime

18.5 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.8 per 1,000

In 2025, 196 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

€ 341,000

Welfare recipients

20.8 per 1,000

Owner-occupied

55%

Social housing

33%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

59%

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

6,030 inw/km²

Noise level

60 dB

Green surroundings

44%

Trees nearby

Water share

10%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,866

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.3 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

31%

Residents under 15

13%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Wormerveer Centrum looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1513%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4526%
NL median 22%
45–6528%
NL median 28%
65+22%
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
31% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,030 — 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 Wormerveer Centrum a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Wormerveer Centrum comes out at 39 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Wormerveer Centrum 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 Wormerveer Centrum?

In Wormerveer Centrum the police recorded 196 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (39 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 Wormerveer Centrum calculated?

Wormerveer Centrum scores 2.5 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 Wormerveer Centrum 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.