neighbourhood in Dantumadiel

Damwâld

5,575 residents · postal code 9104 · Part of Centrum, Dantumadiel

Bottom 46% in the Netherlands

Plenty of space, less prosperity

Well over three quarters of the immediate surroundings is green and the noise level lies a few decibels below the national middle: that is where the 8.0 for quiet in Damwâld comes from. It does not get higher, because surface water is almost entirely absent and that counts too.

What is not immediately visible in the safety figure is that the low number of offences does not hold for everything. Theft is registered only a third as often here as nationally, but violence lies above it — and that component is the heaviest of the four. A 7.6 is therefore lower than the total offence figure would suggest. The wealth pillar is the weakest of the five with a 3.8 and lags far behind the rest: the share of households with a high income is about half the national level, and the property value lies far below the middle.

no. 7,108 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 7 of 16 in Dantumadiel

Compare with…View on the map

Do some of these matter more to you than others?

Is Damwâld a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Damwâld comes out at 13 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Damwâld 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.

Total crime

13.1 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.9 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.6 per 1,000

Property crime

2.9 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 85 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

The safest neighbourhoods in Dantumadiel →The most dangerous neighbourhoods in Dantumadiel →

The figures ⌄

Amenities

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Supermarket

0.7 km

GP practice

0.6 km

Train station

7.5 km

Restaurant

0.7 km

Hospital

21.8 km

Café

4.1 km

Library

6.3 km

Motorway ramp

2.5 km

Tick = Dutch median

Best amenities in Dantumadiel →

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.

Property value

€ 316,000

Welfare recipients

21.5 per 1,000

High incomes

10%

Low incomes

47%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

65%

Social housing

30%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

91%

Built after 2000

10%

Tick = Dutch median

The most affluent neighbourhoods in Dantumadiel →

The figures ⌄

Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.

Population density

865 inw/km²

Noise level

49 dB

Green surroundings

77%

Trees nearby

10%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

581

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

The quietest, greenest neighbourhoods in Dantumadiel →

The figures ⌄

Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.

Primary school

0.7 km

Households with children

35%

Childcare

0.9 km

Secondary school

3.8 km

Residents under 15

18%

Tick = Dutch median

The best neighbourhoods for families in Dantumadiel →

Who lives here

Damwâld 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%
25–4522%
NL median 22%
45–6525%
NL median 28%
65+25%
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
32% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
35% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
865 — 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 Damwâld a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Damwâld comes out at 13 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Damwâld 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 Damwâld?

In Damwâld the police recorded 85 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (13 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 Damwâld calculated?

Damwâld scores 5.9 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 Damwâld 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.