neighbourhood in Achtkarspelen
Surhuisterveen
5,710 residents · postal code 9231 · Part of Zuid, Achtkarspelen
Safe streets, thinner wallets
The 3.3 for wealth in Surhuisterveen deviates the same way on every component. The property value lies about a third below the national middle, the top income group is about half the size it is nationally, the bottom one clearly broader, and social assistance lies at almost three times the median. Only the vacancy is not bad.
That does not translate into crime. Burglary, property crime and vandalism all three stay below the national level, and so does the total. The exception is violence, which lies slightly above it — and it is precisely that component that carries the most weight in the safety pillar, which makes the 7.4 come out lower than the low total figure would suggest. For families the short distance to the primary school still yields a 7.3.
- no. 7,931 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 18 of 24 in Achtkarspelen
How Surhuisterveen scores
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Is Surhuisterveen a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Surhuisterveen comes out at 18 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, 131 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
Surhuisterveen has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 29%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4522%
NL median 22%
- 45–6524%
NL median 28%
- 65+29%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
37% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
31% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,810 — 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 Surhuisterveen a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Surhuisterveen comes out at 18 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 Surhuisterveen?
In Surhuisterveen the police recorded 131 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (18 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 Surhuisterveen calculated?
Surhuisterveen scores 5.5 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 Surhuisterveen 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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