neighbourhood in Aa en Hunze

Gieten

4,780 residents · postal code 9461 · Part of Gieten, Aa en Hunze

Top 30% in the Netherlands

Safe streets, thinner wallets

Gieten scores a 9.5 for safety, and that figure is earned almost entirely on the theft side: burglaries and property offences are well below the national median, and violence is too. Only vandalism sits slightly above it — the single type pointing towards the national median. With nearly five thousand residents that is a difference with a source, not a coincidence.

The 4.3 for wealth & income does not seem to fit, and needs explaining. The property value is below the national median, the share of households in the top income group sits just under it, and social assistance well above. That is no contradiction with a quiet, safe place; it says houses here are cheaper than in the Randstad, nothing more. Anyone needing a train drives fifteen kilometres — that is what keeps the amenities score at a six.

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Is Gieten a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Gieten comes out at 17 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

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Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

17.5 per 1,000

Violent crime

0.9 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.2 per 1,000

Property crime

5.2 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.8 per 1,000

In 2025, 106 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

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Amenities

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Supermarket

0.8 km

GP practice

0.8 km

Train station

15.0 km

Restaurant

0.6 km

Hospital

13.8 km

Café

0.9 km

Library

1.0 km

Motorway ramp

1.1 km

Tick = Dutch median

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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.

Property value

€ 342,000

Welfare recipients

16.7 per 1,000

High incomes

18%

Low incomes

41%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

67%

Social housing

27%

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Single-family homes

89%

Built after 2000

12%

Tick = Dutch median

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Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.

Population density

1,175 inw/km²

Noise level

50 dB

Green surroundings

56%

Trees nearby

13%

Water share

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Addresses per km²

521

Fine particles (PM2.5)

6.2 µg/m³

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.

Tick = Dutch median

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Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.

Primary school

0.7 km

Households with children

30%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

1.3 km

Residents under 15

13%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Gieten has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 32%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1513%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4517%
NL median 22%
45–6528%
NL median 28%
65+32%
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
33% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
30% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,175 — far less 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.

Frequently asked questions

Is Gieten a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Gieten comes out at 17 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Gieten?

In Gieten the police recorded 106 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (17 per 1,000) is not simply that count divided by the number of residents: we count residents plus workplaces, so a shopping street or station is not unfairly penalised, and for small counts we pull the figure towards the national average — otherwise a single incident would make a small neighbourhood look unsafe.

How is the grade for Gieten calculated?

Gieten scores 7.8 as its total score. That grade is a national position: we weigh five equally heavy scores — safety, amenities, wealth & income, quiet & nature and families — and see where Gieten lands among every neighbourhood in the Netherlands. So it is not the mean of the five grades, but a place in the queue. All from open data published by CBS and the police.