neighbourhood in De Fryske Marren
Lemmer-Frieslandpark
1,360 residents · postal code 8531 · Part of Lemmer, De Fryske Marren
Safe, but few children
A quarter of the housing stock in Lemmer-Frieslandpark stands vacant. That is more than six times the national level and the most striking figure here, even though the wealth & income pillar holds at 6.7: property values are above the median, social assistance does not appear in the figures, and the income distribution barely deviates. Property value weighs more heavily than vacancy, and that keeps the score standing.
The 3.6 for families is the other extreme. The primary school is more than a kilometre away, and since school distance together with childcare and secondary education makes up nearly two thirds of that pillar, that is where the score comes from. Where the other two lie, we do not know. Quiet & nature meanwhile does well on noise — clearly below the national middle — but greenery in the immediate surroundings is scarcer than average, despite all the water nearby.
- no. 7,492 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 33 of 68 in De Fryske Marren
How Lemmer-Frieslandpark scores
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Is Lemmer-Frieslandpark a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Lemmer-Frieslandpark comes out at 17 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Lemmer-Frieslandpark 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, 27 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
Lemmer-Frieslandpark has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 33%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–159%
NL median 14%
- 15–259%
NL median 11%
- 25–4513%
NL median 22%
- 45–6536%
NL median 28%
- 65+33%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
30% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
26% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,773 — 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 Lemmer-Frieslandpark a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Lemmer-Frieslandpark comes out at 17 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Lemmer-Frieslandpark 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 Lemmer-Frieslandpark?
In Lemmer-Frieslandpark the police recorded 27 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (17 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 Lemmer-Frieslandpark calculated?
Lemmer-Frieslandpark scores 5.7 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 Lemmer-Frieslandpark 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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