district in Alkmaar
Centrum
Centrum has 4 neighbourhoods with 9,760 residents in total.
The Centrum of Alkmaar consists of four inner-city neighbourhoods, including Binnenstad-Oost and Overstad, together over 9,700 residents. Amenities here are exceptionally high at 9.6, and wealth, too, holds above the middle at 5.7. Set against that is the classic inner-city vulnerability: safety sinks to 3.3 and quiet and nature to 3.5. The overall reaches 4.7: complete and prosperous with the cheese market around the corner, but unsafe and unsettled.
no. 11 of the 11 districts of Alkmaar
Short answer: Centrum scores 4.7 as a district of Alkmaar, no. 11 of the 11 districts of Alkmaar. Its strongest neighbourhood is Binnenstad-West (5.1), the worst Spoorbuurt (4.3). The district has 4 neighbourhoods with 9,760 residents in total.
Key figures for Centrum
- residents
- 9,760
- neighbourhoods
- 4
- km² of land
- 1.2
How Centrum 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.
In 2025, 1,704 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.
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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.
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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.
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The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
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Who lives here
Centrum has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 38%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–158%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4538%
NL median 22%
- 45–6527%
NL median 28%
- 65+16%
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
1.6 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
55% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
16% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
9,552 — 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. Average of the neighbourhoods in Centrum, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Centrum
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Neighbourhoods in Centrum
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