neighbourhood in Assen
Bedrijventerrein Marsdijk West
160 residents · postal code 9403 · Part of Marsdijk, Assen
A residential area despite the name: 160 residents, mostly owner-occupied homes.
Everything for children close by, and little room
Vandalism is by far the most striking figure at Bedrijventerrein Marsdijk West: recorded more than thirteen times as often as in the average Dutch neighbourhood, and together with the rest good for a crime rate of more than twice the national median. Violence sits exactly on the median, burglary and theft below it. With a hundred and sixty residents that figure is by definition shaky — a handful of reports determines the picture — but the skewed distribution across the types is real.
The rest of the neighbourhood moves independently of it. The amenities are within a kilometre, the wealth measures sit around or slightly below the national median, and the families score of 7.4 leans on a primary school seven hundred metres away. What lags behind is quiet & nature: the noise level is clearly above the median and there is little greenery around.
- no. 7,690 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 41 of 90 in Assen
This neighbourhood has few residents; figures are indicative.
How Bedrijventerrein Marsdijk West scores
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Is Bedrijventerrein Marsdijk West a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Bedrijventerrein Marsdijk West comes out at 61 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Bedrijventerrein Marsdijk West is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 51 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
Bedrijventerrein Marsdijk West has strikingly few residents aged 65 and over: 16%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–2513%
NL median 11%
- 25–4525%
NL median 22%
- 45–6530%
NL median 28%
- 65+16%
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
31% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
40% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
413 — 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 Bedrijventerrein Marsdijk West a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Bedrijventerrein Marsdijk West comes out at 61 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Bedrijventerrein Marsdijk West is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes. One caveat: the figure counts per person present, not per resident. In a neighbourhood with many visitors — a centre, a station, a shopping area — it therefore comes out higher than residents experience. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Bedrijventerrein Marsdijk West?
In Bedrijventerrein Marsdijk West the police recorded 51 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (61 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 Bedrijventerrein Marsdijk West calculated?
Bedrijventerrein Marsdijk West scores 5.6 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 Bedrijventerrein Marsdijk West 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.
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