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The districts of Beverwijk

Beverwijk has 43,035 residents (2026), spread across 12 districts and 37 neighbourhoods.

Top 45% of the Netherlands

How we calculate

Everything close by, little space

Beverwijk averages 6.6, which puts the municipality above 55% of Dutch neighbourhoods. Amenities lift that grade with 8.7; quiet and nature hold it back at 3.4. The highest neighbourhood grades sit in Warande (9.9), the lowest in Wijkertoren (2.9). That is 7.0 points of difference inside one municipality.

Key figures for Beverwijk

residents
43,035
districts
12
neighbourhoods
37
km² of land
18.4

How Beverwijk scores

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The figures

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
Total crime
26.8 per 1,000
Violent crime
2.7 per 1,000
Burglaries
0.6 per 1,000
Property crime
8.3 per 1,000
Vandalism
3.2 per 1,000

In 2025, 1,799 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

The safest neighbourhoods in BeverwijkThe most dangerous neighbourhoods in Beverwijk

The figures

Amenities

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Supermarket
0.6 km
GP practice
0.7 km
Train station
1.9 km
Restaurant
0.6 km
Hospital
2.3 km
Café
0.7 km
Library
1.4 km
Motorway ramp
1.6 km

Tick = Dutch median

Best amenities in Beverwijk

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.
Property value
€ 369,358
Welfare recipients
23.6 per 1,000
High incomes
18%
Low incomes
37%
Vacancy
4%
Owner-occupied
56%
Social housing
35%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes
59%
Built after 2000
26%

Tick = Dutch median

The most affluent neighbourhoods in Beverwijk

The figures

Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Population density
7,753 inw/km²
Noise level
56 dB
Green surroundings
41%
Trees nearby
8%
Water share
1%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²
2,869
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

The quietest, greenest neighbourhoods in Beverwijk

The figures

Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Primary school
0.6 km
Households with children
36%
Childcare
0.6 km
Secondary school
1.6 km
Residents under 15
16%

Tick = Dutch median

The best neighbourhoods for families in Beverwijk

Who lives here

Beverwijk has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 28%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

  • 0–1516%

    NL median 14%

  • 15–2511%

    NL median 11%

  • 25–4528%

    NL median 22%

  • 45–6527%

    NL median 28%

  • 65+19%

    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

    2.1around the average

    NL median 2.3

  • Single-person households

    40%more than average

    NL median 31%

  • Households with children

    34%around the average

    NL median 35%

  • Residents per km²

    7,747far 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. Average of the neighbourhoods in Beverwijk, weighted by population.

Other rankings

All districts of Beverwijk

Sorted by total grade

  1. 1Warande9.9
  2. 2Broekpolder9.2
  3. 3Noordwestelijk tuinbouwgebied9.1
  4. 4Vondelkwartier8.8
  5. 5Oranjebuurt6.4
  6. 6Oosterwijk en Zwaansmeer6.0
  7. 7Meerestein5.4
  8. 8Kuenenkwartier5.4
  9. 9Wijk aan Zee4.6
  10. 10Centrum4.5
  11. 11de Pijp en Wijkerbroek3.2
  12. Groot water