neighbourhood in De Fryske Marren
Joure, Westermeer
2,330 residents · postal code 8501 · Part of Joure, De Fryske Marren
Safe streets, thinner wallets
Vandalism is the only category of offence in Joure, Westermeer that comes out above the national median. Violence, burglary and theft all stay below it, theft at just a third of the middle. So the 7.9 for safety rests on a broad picture rather than one incidentally low number.
On wealth & income most things point downward: property value is well under the Dutch median, the bottom income group is broader than nationally and the social assistance rate is well above. One item runs against that current, because less property stands empty here than average. Partly, then, not wholly.
The age structure colours the rest of the page: a quarter of residents are 65 or over, while families stands at 7.3. Here that figure measures the short walk to school, not the number of children.
- no. 5,193 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 24 of 68 in De Fryske Marren
How Joure, Westermeer scores
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Is Joure, Westermeer a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Joure, Westermeer comes out at 13 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Joure, Westermeer 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, 28 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
The age profile of Joure, Westermeer looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4524%
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
2.2 — 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
4,658 — 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 Joure, Westermeer a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Joure, Westermeer comes out at 13 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Joure, Westermeer 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 Joure, Westermeer?
In Joure, Westermeer the police recorded 28 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 Joure, Westermeer calculated?
Joure, Westermeer scores 7.0 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 Joure, Westermeer 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.
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