neighbourhood in Eemsdelta

Loppersum

2,115 residents · postal code 9919 · Part of Buitengebied Noord-Loppersum, Eemsdelta

Bottom 26% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

Fifteen per cent of the housing stock in Loppersum is vacant, nearly four times the national level. That figure weighs heaviest on the wealth & income pillar, alongside a property value far below the median and a social assistance rate at more than double it. The resulting 3.0 is not the result of one weak component.

Against that stands an 8.6 for amenities, unusual for a neighbourhood in open country. The station is six hundred metres away, the supermarket and the GP likewise within a kilometre. Loppersum is well connected and thinly populated at once — a combination rarer in the Netherlands than it sounds.

The 4.0 for families comes out lower than the quiet streetscape suggests. The primary school is just over a kilometre away, the heaviest component of that pillar, and close to a third of residents are over sixty-five.

no. 9,715 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 33 of 78 in Eemsdelta

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Is Loppersum a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Loppersum comes out at 18 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

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Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

17.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.3 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.1 per 1,000

Property crime

5.8 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 42 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

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Amenities

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

Supermarket

0.5 km

GP practice

0.6 km

Train station

0.6 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

14.1 km

Café

5.6 km

Library

0.6 km

Motorway ramp

0.4 km

Tick = Dutch median

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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

€ 270,000

Welfare recipients

18.9 per 1,000

High incomes

13%

Low incomes

44%

Vacancy

15%

Owner-occupied

54%

Social housing

35%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

81%

Built after 2000

26%

Tick = Dutch median

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Quiet & nature

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

Population density

1,818 inw/km²

Noise level

47 dB

Green surroundings

56%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

402

Fine particles (PM2.5)

6.0 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

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Families

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

Primary school

1.1 km

Households with children

30%

Childcare

0.7 km

Secondary school

10.2 km

Residents under 15

13%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Loppersum has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 31%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1513%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4518%
NL median 22%
45–6527%
NL median 28%
65+31%
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
35% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
30% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,818 — 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 Loppersum a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Loppersum comes out at 18 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Loppersum?

In Loppersum the police recorded 42 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (18 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 Loppersum calculated?

Loppersum scores 4.4 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 Loppersum 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.