neighbourhood in Achtkarspelen

Drogeham

1,445 residents · postal code 9289 · Part of Centrum, Achtkarspelen

Bottom 45% in the Netherlands

Safe streets, thinner wallets

Drogeham has a GP and a primary school close by, but for groceries you have to go more than two kilometres away. That lopsided distribution keeps amenities at a 4.4, while the families pillar comes out at 8.2 — it leans on the school distance, not on the supermarket.

Safety, an 8.3, needs a footnote. The total number of reported offences is far below the national median and burglary and vandalism are almost absent, but violent offences are nearly twice as high as nationally. In a neighbourhood of this size that still amounts to a small number of reports a year. The wealth & income score of 3.6 follows mainly from a property value a third below the national median.

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no. 13 of 24 in Achtkarspelen

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Is Drogeham a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Drogeham comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Drogeham is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.

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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

15.3 per 1,000

Violent crime

4.4 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.2 per 1,000

Property crime

4.0 per 1,000

Vandalism

0.6 per 1,000

In 2025, 21 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

2.4 km

GP practice

0.7 km

Train station

9.1 km

Restaurant

2.5 km

Hospital

12.9 km

Café

1.8 km

Library

6.0 km

Motorway ramp

0.8 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

€ 287,000

Welfare recipients

13.8 per 1,000

High incomes

10%

Low incomes

46%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

72%

Social housing

21%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

87%

Built after 2000

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

1,179 inw/km²

Noise level

49 dB

Green surroundings

71%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

216

Fine particles (PM2.5)

6.5 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

0.4 km

Households with children

35%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

6.5 km

Residents under 15

15%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Drogeham has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 14%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1515%
NL median 14%
15–2514%
NL median 11%
25–4523%
NL median 22%
45–6526%
NL median 28%
65+21%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
32% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
35% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,179 — 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 Drogeham a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Drogeham comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Drogeham is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Drogeham?

In Drogeham the police recorded 21 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (15 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 Drogeham calculated?

Drogeham scores 5.8 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 Drogeham 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.