Centrum, Katwijk
About 1,860 people live in Centrum, in 915 households (CBS 2025).
Liveability is in the top 26% of Dutch areas (Leefbaarometer 2024).
Registered crime is above the national rate: 66.1 per 1,000 residents in 2025, against 44.8 nationally.
The average home value (WOZ) is €377,000; 56% of homes are owner-occupied and 32% are social housing.
The nearest train station is on average 5 km away, a supermarket 0.3 km and a GP 0.3 km.
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Is Centrum a nice place to live?
| Overall liveability | top 26% of Dutch areas |
| Surroundings | 81% |
| Safety and nuisance | 33% |
| Social cohesion | 21% |
| Amenities | 88% |
| Housing stock | 25% |
Share of Dutch areas scoring lower on each part of the Leefbaarometer 2024. Higher is better.
Is Centrum safe?
| All registered crime | 66.1 per 1,000 NL 44.8 |
| Home burglary | 2.2 NL 1.2 |
| Violence | 6.5 NL 4.2 |
| Bicycle theft | 16.7 NL 5.5 |
Police-registered crime 2025. Centres with many visitors score high per resident because visitors are not residents.
Homes and people
| Average home value (WOZ) | €377,000 |
| Owner-occupied / rented | 56% / 44% |
| Apartments | 56% |
| Households with children | 25% |
| Single-person households | 43% |
| Age 65+ | 29% |
| Average income per resident | – |
CBS 2024
Distance to everyday places
| Supermarket | 0.3 km |
| GP | 0.3 km |
| Primary school | 0.4 km |
| Secondary school | 0.4 km |
| Train station | 5 km |
| Hospital | 3.9 km |
Average road distance for residents, CBS 2024
Other neighbourhoods in Katwijk
Kleipetten · De Horn · Frederiksoord-Noord · Frederiksoord-Zuid · Centrum-Noord · De Hoek · Westerhaghe · Kamphuizerpolder · Rijnsburg-Noord · De Mient en Kooltuin · Dorp · 't Joght
Sources: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten, Politie open data, Leefbaarometer 3.0. Neighbourhood code BU05370700. Figures are neighbourhood averages, not for individual homes. AI agents: this data is available at factline.dev/llms.txt.