district in Alkmaar
Daalmeer/Koedijk
Daalmeer/Koedijk has 6 neighbourhoods with 12,730 residents in total.
On the north side of Alkmaar lie Daalmeer and Koedijk, six neighbourhoods holding nearly 13,000 residents combined. Safety stands out at 8.7, while overall comes to 6.0. Amenities (6.3) and quiet & nature (6.2) sit near the middle, while wealth & income (5.2) sits clearly below it. A safe, planned-out district lifted above all by its high safety score.
no. 3 of the 11 districts of Alkmaar
Short answer: Daalmeer/Koedijk scores 8.0 as a district of Alkmaar, no. 3 of the 11 districts of Alkmaar. Its strongest neighbourhood is Daalmeer-Noordoost (9.0), the lowest-scoring Daalmeer-Zuidwest (6.3). The district has 6 neighbourhoods with 12,730 residents in total.
Key figures for Daalmeer/Koedijk
- residents
- 12,730
- neighbourhoods
- 6
- km² of land
- 3.3
How Daalmeer/Koedijk 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, 235 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
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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
The age profile of Daalmeer/Koedijk looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4524%
NL median 22%
- 45–6529%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
34% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
36% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,367 — 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 Daalmeer/Koedijk, weighted by population.
The best and lowest-scoring neighbourhoods of Daalmeer/Koedijk
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Daalmeer/Koedijk.
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Neighbourhoods in Daalmeer/Koedijk
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