neighbourhood in Coevorden

Sleen

2,220 residents · postal code 7841 · Part of Sleen, Coevorden

Top 17% in the Netherlands

Safe streets, thinner wallets

Almost a third of the residents of Sleen are 65 or older, and that shows in the families score. The primary school is around the corner, but the share of children stays below the national picture, and together that keeps the pillar at a 6.9.

The 9.9 for safety holds on every offence type: violence, burglary, property crime and vandalism all stay below the national median, violence and burglary at a fraction of it. Combined with a low built density and little noise, that also yields a 7.1 for quiet & nature — even though greenery in the surroundings is below the median, which in a village like this runs against expectation.

The 4.4 for wealth & income is the counterweight: lower property values, a thinner top income group and social assistance well above the middle. Daily errands are not far here, but the station is more than seven kilometres away.

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no. 2 of 61 in Coevorden

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Is Sleen a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Sleen comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Sleen 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

14.8 per 1,000

Violent crime

0.7 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.1 per 1,000

Property crime

6.3 per 1,000

Vandalism

0.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 35 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

0.7 km

GP practice

0.9 km

Train station

7.5 km

Restaurant

0.6 km

Hospital

10.0 km

Café

2.3 km

Library

0.6 km

Motorway ramp

0.6 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

€ 345,000

Welfare recipients

18.0 per 1,000

High incomes

15%

Low incomes

39%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

73%

Social housing

24%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

93%

Built after 2000

15%

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

1,083 inw/km²

Noise level

46 dB

Green surroundings

49%

Trees nearby

11%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

303

Fine particles (PM2.5)

6.6 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

0.5 km

Households with children

31%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

6.7 km

Residents under 15

14%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Sleen has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 32%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–259%
NL median 11%
25–4518%
NL median 22%
45–6526%
NL median 28%
65+32%
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
31% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
31% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,083 — 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 Sleen a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Sleen comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Sleen 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 Sleen?

In Sleen the police recorded 35 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 Sleen calculated?

Sleen scores 8.7 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 Sleen 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.