neighbourhood in Dalfsen
Polhaar
2,135 residents · postal code 7721 · Part of Dalfsen, Dalfsen
Safe, but not spacious
Violence, burglary, vandalism and property crime in Polhaar are each below the national median. That is where the 9.7 for safety comes from, and it is rarer than it looks: in most neighbourhoods with a score like that, one category works against them.
The 5.9 for wealth & income does not come from the houses. Property value is close to the national median and vacancy is below it, but the share of residents on social assistance is almost double the national median. That single component pushes the pillar down; the income distribution itself barely deviates.
The quiet & nature pillar stalls at 5.6, and not because of noise — the sound level is below the median. It is density and greenery: more than four thousand people live here per square kilometre, there is no open water, and the share of green within three hundred metres stays below the national median. An address in Dalfsen therefore does not mean space around you.
- no. 1,899 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 9 of 36 in Dalfsen
How Polhaar scores
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Is Polhaar a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Polhaar comes out at 12 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Polhaar is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest 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, 23 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
Polhaar has strikingly many children under 15: 18%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1518%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4521%
NL median 22%
- 45–6523%
NL median 28%
- 65+27%
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
2.5 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
23% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
42% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,225 — 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 Polhaar a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Polhaar comes out at 12 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Polhaar 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 Polhaar?
In Polhaar the police recorded 23 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (12 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 Polhaar calculated?
Polhaar scores 8.9 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 Polhaar 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 Dalfsen
Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Dalfsen.
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