neighbourhood in Coevorden

De Heege

2,160 residents · postal code 7742 · Part of Coevorden, Coevorden

Bottom 47% in the Netherlands

Safe streets, thinner wallets

Sixteen per cent of the homes in De Heege are vacant, four times the national share. That is the component that most sharply marks the 3.4 for wealth & income, alongside a property value well below the national median; the social assistance rate is higher than average but not extreme.

Against that stands a 9.7 for safety, among the five hundred highest in the country. Violence, burglary, theft and criminal damage all four sit below the national median and the total at less than half of it.

The 4.8 for families comes from distance: the primary school is over a kilometre away, and so are the supermarket and the GP. For a neighbourhood inside a built-up area that is unusually far, and it affects two pillars at once.

The 4.3 for quiet & nature is held down by greenery: within three hundred metres there is only a little more than half the national share, while the density at over three thousand residents to the square kilometre is not exceptional.

no. 7,035 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 13 of 61 in Coevorden

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Is De Heege a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, De Heege comes out at 11 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: De Heege 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

10.7 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.5 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.1 per 1,000

Property crime

2.5 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.8 per 1,000

In 2025, 17 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

1.4 km

GP practice

1.5 km

Train station

1.8 km

Restaurant

0.9 km

Hospital

1.5 km

Café

0.9 km

Library

1.2 km

Motorway ramp

0.9 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

€ 301,000

Welfare recipients

13.9 per 1,000

High incomes

15%

Low incomes

44%

Vacancy

16%

Owner-occupied

71%

Social housing

33%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

86%

Built after 2000

38%

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

3,122 inw/km²

Noise level

52 dB

Green surroundings

29%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

875

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.3 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

1.4 km

Households with children

34%

Childcare

1.4 km

Secondary school

1.2 km

Residents under 15

13%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

De Heege has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 31%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1513%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4519%
NL median 22%
45–6526%
NL median 28%
65+31%
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
29% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
34% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,122 — 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 De Heege a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, De Heege comes out at 11 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: De Heege 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 De Heege?

In De Heege the police recorded 17 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (11 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 De Heege calculated?

De Heege scores 6.0 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 De Heege 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.