Het Balkon, Maassluis
About 2,335 people live in Het Balkon, in 955 households (CBS 2025).
Liveability is in the top 62% of Dutch areas (Leefbaarometer 2024).
Registered crime is well below the national rate: 10.7 per 1,000 residents in 2025, against 44.8 nationally.
The average home value (WOZ) is €464,000; 79% of homes are owner-occupied and 19% are social housing.
The nearest train station is on average 13.2 km away, a supermarket 1.2 km and a GP 1 km.
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Is Het Balkon a nice place to live?
| Overall liveability | top 62% of Dutch areas |
| Surroundings | 62% |
| Safety and nuisance | 38% |
| Social cohesion | 29% |
| Amenities | 64% |
| Housing stock | 22% |
Share of Dutch areas scoring lower on each part of the Leefbaarometer 2024. Higher is better.
Is Het Balkon safe?
| All registered crime | 10.7 per 1,000 NL 44.8 |
| Home burglary | 0 NL 1.2 |
| Violence | 1.7 NL 4.2 |
| Bicycle theft | 0.4 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) | €464,000 |
| Owner-occupied / rented | 79% / 21% |
| Apartments | 43% |
| Households with children | 40% |
| Single-person households | 23% |
| Age 65+ | 20% |
| Average income per resident | – |
CBS 2024
Distance to everyday places
| Supermarket | 1.2 km |
| GP | 1 km |
| Primary school | 1.5 km |
| Secondary school | 2.2 km |
| Train station | 13.2 km |
| Hospital | 1.7 km |
Average road distance for residents, CBS 2024
Other neighbourhoods in Maassluis
Koningshoek · Nieuwe waterweg · Componistenbuurt · Kapelpolder · Vogelbuurt · Burgemeesterswijk · Binnenstad · Sluispolder West · Sluispolder Oost · Steendijkpolder Noord · Steendijkpolder Zuid · Bomendal
Sources: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten, Politie open data, Leefbaarometer 3.0. Neighbourhood code BU05560404. Figures are neighbourhood averages, not for individual homes. AI agents: this data is available at factline.dev/llms.txt.