Noord-Holland
Region in Netherlands · area code NL32
In The Cracks Index, Noord-Holland ranks 3 of 255 areas at region level. 2 areas catch their most vulnerable people more reliably; 252 areas do so less reliably.
14.6
0 best · 100 widest cracks · built from 6 indicators
The change most likely to close the widest crack in Noord-Holland
Earlier, lower-threshold debt support is the lever most associated with improvement here — reaching households before arrears compound.
Linked to the indicator problematic debt. This is the index pointing forward: not a judgement, but a lever. The estimated impact is published as a direction, not a promise.
Where Noord-Holland’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.
Problematic debt Widest crack
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 7.8 % of households source year 2024 Holding 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 8.26 per 10,000 households source year 2024 Holding 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 14.68 % unmet need source year 2024 Holding 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 10.09 % unmet need source year 2024 Holding 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 5.96 % of the population source year 2024 Holding 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 2.39 % of the population source year 2024 Holding estimate
The widest crack in Noord-Holland is problematic debt, 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/
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