neighbourhood in Zandvoort
Brederode- Gerkestraat e.o.
2,945 residents · postal code 2042 · Part of Zandvoort Zuid, Zandvoort
Everything close by, little space
Of the five components on which wealth & income is measured, only one points the wrong way in Brederode- Gerkestraat e.o. — but it is one that counts. Vacancy runs at about three times the national level, while property values rise well above it and the income distribution is favourable. Without that vacancy the 6.8 would have been higher.
The quiet & nature pillar shows how differently its parts can turn out. Noise is below the national median — for this Zandvoort neighbourhood that is the strongest element — but the tree canopy covers less than two thirds of what is usual nationally and there is no surface water inside the boundary. Together that produces a 4.0.
Among reported offences only burglary stays above the national median; the other three types are below it. More than a quarter of residents are over sixty-five.
- no. 4,498 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 2 of 13 in Zandvoort
How Brederode- Gerkestraat e.o. scores
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Is Brederode- Gerkestraat e.o. a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Brederode- Gerkestraat e.o. comes out at 20 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.
In 2025, 87 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
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The figures ⌄Amenities
Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄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.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Quiet & nature
How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
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
The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Tick = Dutch median
Who lives here
Brederode- Gerkestraat e.o. has strikingly few young people aged 15 to 25: 8%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1513%
NL median 14%
- 15–258%
NL median 11%
- 25–4519%
NL median 22%
- 45–6532%
NL median 28%
- 65+27%
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
43% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
28% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,330 — 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 Brederode- Gerkestraat e.o. a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Brederode- Gerkestraat e.o. comes out at 20 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 Brederode- Gerkestraat e.o.?
In Brederode- Gerkestraat e.o. the police recorded 87 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (20 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 Brederode- Gerkestraat e.o. calculated?
Brederode- Gerkestraat e.o. scores 7.4 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 Brederode- Gerkestraat e.o. 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.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Zandvoort
Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Zandvoort.
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