neighbourhood in Zaanstad

Wormerveer West

1,445 residents · postal code 1521 · Part of Wormerveer, Zaanstad

Bottom 1% in the Netherlands

Spacious and quiet, but not set up for children

Wormerveer West does badly on every pillar, and that is rare: a 3.4 for safety and a 2.7 for families, with wealth & income barely above them. The overall score also rests on four pillars, because there is no figure for amenities.

On safety, burglary stands out most: more than three times the national median, while property crime stays below it — the reverse of the ratio you see in most neighbourhoods. The families score matches the population: a third of residents are 65 or over, people living alone are in the majority and few children live here. Noise is considerably above the median, which keeps the quiet & nature pillar at a 4.9 despite plenty of open water.

no. 13,054 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 72 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 West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Wormerveer West comes out at 27 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

27.4 per 1,000

Violent crime

4.7 per 1,000

Burglaries

2.0 per 1,000

Property crime

7.8 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.3 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

€ 313,000

Welfare recipients

13.8 per 1,000

Owner-occupied

52%

Social housing

45%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

35%

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

3,561 inw/km²

Noise level

58 dB

Green surroundings

35%

Trees nearby

Water share

13%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,223

Fine particles (PM2.5)

11.5 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

21%

Residents under 15

10%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

0–1510%
NL median 14%
15–258%
NL median 11%
25–4524%
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
1.7 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
56% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
21% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,561 — 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 West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Wormerveer West comes out at 27 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 Wormerveer West?

In Wormerveer West the police recorded 46 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (27 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 West calculated?

Wormerveer West 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 West 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.