Medemblik
Municipality in Netherlands · area code GM0420
In The Cracks Index, Medemblik ranks 180 of 342 areas at municipality level. 179 areas catch their most vulnerable people more reliably; 162 areas do so less reliably.
45.4
0 best · 100 widest cracks · built from 8 indicators
The change most likely to close the widest crack in Medemblik
Earlier, joined-up housing and care coordination is the lever most associated with improvement here — catching housing loss before it ends on the street.
Linked to the indicator homelessness. This is the index pointing forward: not a judgement, but a lever. The estimated impact is published as a direction, not a promise.
Where Medemblik’s safety net holds, and where it is under strain
Each bar is the indicator normalised to 0–100, direction-corrected so a longer bar always means more cracks. The raw public value and the source year sit beside it. The method is identical at every level.
wmo_pressure
weight —%Raw value 84.93 per_1000_inhabitants source year 2024 Open estimate
youth_care_load
weight —%Raw value 113.24 per_1000_young_people source year 2024 Open estimate
Problematic debt
weight 19%Share of households with debts they can no longer repay. The first crack most people fall through, and the one that pushes the others open.
Raw value 8.83 % of households source year 2024 Under strain estimate
Number of evictions
weight 15%Court-ordered evictions per 10,000 households. A direct measure of how often housing insecurity is allowed to reach its endpoint.
Raw value 9.35 per 10,000 households source year 2024 Under strain estimate
Mental-health treatment gap
weight 15%Share of people with an identified mental-health care need who receive no care. The distance between needing help and reaching it.
Raw value 16.62 % unmet need source year 2024 Under strain estimate
Unmet youth care
weight 12%Share of young people referred for care who wait longer than the recommended term or are never helped. A crack measured early in a life.
Raw value 11.43 % unmet need source year 2024 Under strain estimate
Food insecurity
weight 12%Share of the population reporting moderate or severe food insecurity. The point at which a financial shortfall reaches the kitchen table.
Raw value 6.75 % of the population source year 2024 Under strain estimate
Severe material deprivation
weight 12%Share of the population unable to afford several basic necessities that most people take for granted. A widely used floor for material insecurity.
Raw value 2.71 % of the population source year 2024 Under strain estimate
Social assistance
weight 8%People on social assistance (bijstand) per 1,000 inhabitants. Social-assistance receipt reflects income insecurity, so a higher value counts as more strain on the safety net.
Raw value 43.03 per 1,000 inhabitants source year 2024 Open estimate
Homelessness Widest crack
weight 8%Estimated homeless people per 10,000 inhabitants. A modelled estimate at municipality level, as no per-municipality open measurement exists. Homelessness is an unambiguous sign of a torn safety net.
Raw value 20.38 per 10,000 inhabitants source year 2024 Open estimate
The widest crack in Medemblik is homelessness, which carries the most weight in raising the composite score. That is what the fix above targets.
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Fynqo (2026). The Cracks Index, v1-20260518. Snapshot of 2026-05-18. Licensed under CC-BY-4.0. https://fynqo.app/cracks-index/
Every value on this page is a public area-level aggregate. No personal data is used. The method is fully public and identical at country, region and municipality level.
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