neighbourhood in Eemsdelta
Holwierde
850 residents · postal code 9905 · Part of Buitengebied Noord-Bierum, Eemsdelta
Safe streets, thinner wallets
Holwierde reaches 9.7 for safety, and it stands firm: violence, burglary, property crime and vandalism are all four below the national median, the total at a good half of it.
The distances tell a curious story. The GP is five hundred metres away, the primary school closer still and the station four kilometres off, but the nearest supermarket is a good four kilometres away. Shopping here is a car journey while almost everything else is within walking distance. Because the supermarket is the heaviest component of the amenities pillar, that score stalls at 5.5.
The wealth & income pillar comes out at 4.5, carried by a property value well below the national median; the income distribution and the social assistance rate deviate only slightly.
- no. 2,843 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 1 of 78 in Eemsdelta
How Holwierde scores
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Is Holwierde a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Holwierde comes out at 13 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Holwierde 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, 5 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 Holwierde looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4522%
NL median 22%
- 45–6529%
NL median 28%
- 65+23%
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
31% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,541 — 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 Holwierde a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Holwierde comes out at 13 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Holwierde 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 Holwierde?
In Holwierde the police recorded 5 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 Holwierde calculated?
Holwierde scores 8.4 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 Holwierde 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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