neighbourhood in Assen

Vredeveld Zuid

2,230 residents · postal code 9404 · Part of Assen-Oost, Assen

Bottom 41% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, thinner wallets

The social assistance rate in Vredeveld Zuid is several times the national median and property values stay far below it — together good for a 3.2 for wealth & income. One component runs against that: there is hardly any vacancy. The homes are cheap, but they are not empty.

The safety score of 4.2 comes from theft and vandalism, both above the national median, while violence sits almost exactly on it. That is the picture of things going missing and damage in the street, not of a neighbourhood where violence is the problem.

The 8.5 for families says something other than the name suggests. The share of households with children is below the national picture and more than a quarter of residents are 65 or older. The score comes from the primary school three hundred metres away: proximity, not population.

no. 7,820 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 43 of 90 in Assen

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Is Vredeveld Zuid a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Vredeveld Zuid comes out at 33 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more 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.

Total crime

32.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.4 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.8 per 1,000

Property crime

11.8 per 1,000

Vandalism

5.2 per 1,000

In 2025, 89 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.

Supermarket

0.5 km

GP practice

0.5 km

Train station

1.1 km

Restaurant

1.0 km

Hospital

1.6 km

Café

2.1 km

Library

2.7 km

Motorway ramp

4.4 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

€ 254,000

Welfare recipients

62.8 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

45%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

43%

Social housing

52%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

47%

Built after 2000

17%

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

4,926 inw/km²

Noise level

48 dB

Green surroundings

57%

Trees nearby

17%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,254

Fine particles (PM2.5)

6.3 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

0.3 km

Households with children

26%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

0.6 km

Residents under 15

14%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Vredeveld Zuid has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 28%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4524%
NL median 22%
45–6524%
NL median 28%
65+28%
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
1.9 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
51% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
26% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,926 — far more 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 Vredeveld Zuid a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Vredeveld Zuid comes out at 33 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. 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 Vredeveld Zuid?

In Vredeveld Zuid the police recorded 89 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (33 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 Vredeveld Zuid calculated?

Vredeveld Zuid 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 Vredeveld Zuid 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.