neighbourhood in Achtkarspelen
Buitenpost
5,215 residents · postal code 9285 · Part of Noord, Achtkarspelen
Everything for children close by, thinner wallets
The number of registered offences in Buitenpost lies below the national median, and yet the safety score sticks at a 5.9. That is down to burglary: it runs more than three times as high here as is usual nationally, and after violence burglary is the heaviest component of that pillar. Violence itself sits exactly at the Dutch level, theft and vandalism below it.
The 3.6 for wealth is of a different order and cannot be softened. Property values remain far below the national median, more than four in ten households have a low income and social assistance use is a multiple of what is normal elsewhere. Vacancy plays no part in it, because less stands empty here than usual.
What stands against that is space: plenty of greenery around the homes, little noise and a low population density. That is where the 7.5 for quiet comes from.
- no. 7,455 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 15 of 24 in Achtkarspelen
How Buitenpost scores
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Is Buitenpost a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Buitenpost comes out at 20 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 127 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
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The figures ⌄Amenities
Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄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.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Quiet & nature
How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
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
The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Tick = Dutch median
Who lives here
The age profile of Buitenpost looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1516%
NL median 14%
- 15–2513%
NL median 11%
- 25–4521%
NL median 22%
- 45–6524%
NL median 28%
- 65+26%
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
36% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
34% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,098 — 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 Buitenpost a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Buitenpost comes out at 20 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 Buitenpost?
In Buitenpost the police recorded 127 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (20 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 Buitenpost calculated?
Buitenpost scores 5.7 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 Buitenpost 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.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Achtkarspelen
Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Achtkarspelen.
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