neighbourhood in Eemsdelta

Opwierde Noord

2,240 residents · postal code 9902 · Part of Appingedam-Oost, Eemsdelta

Bottom 7% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

One in five addresses in Opwierde Noord is vacant, several times what an average Dutch neighbourhood has. That is the clearest sign of something a normal housing market does not do, and the 2.5 for wealth & income follows the same line across the board: property values stay well below the median, the social assistance rate sits far above it, and the top income group is thin.

The number of reported offences here is almost exactly at the national median, and yet safety scores a 4.0. That comes down to the composition. Burglary is recorded four times as often as nationally and violence nearly twice, while theft stays below the median — and it is violence and burglary that count for most within this pillar.

Amenities keep the overall score up with a 7.7: supermarket, primary school and station are all close by.

no. 12,284 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 60 of 78 in Eemsdelta

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Is Opwierde Noord a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Opwierde Noord comes out at 24 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood.

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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

23.8 per 1,000

Violent crime

4.4 per 1,000

Burglaries

2.4 per 1,000

Property crime

6.3 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.1 per 1,000

In 2025, 58 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

0.6 km

GP practice

1.2 km

Train station

1.6 km

Restaurant

1.0 km

Hospital

5.2 km

Café

1.0 km

Library

1.4 km

Motorway ramp

1.0 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

€ 260,000

Welfare recipients

49.1 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

53%

Vacancy

20%

Owner-occupied

29%

Social housing

61%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

75%

Built after 2000

32%

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

3,910 inw/km²

Noise level

49 dB

Green surroundings

37%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,242

Fine particles (PM2.5)

6.2 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

0.7 km

Households with children

28%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

0.8 km

Residents under 15

13%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Opwierde Noord has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 32%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1513%
NL median 14%
15–259%
NL median 11%
25–4518%
NL median 22%
45–6527%
NL median 28%
65+32%
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
1.9 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
45% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
28% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,910 — 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 Opwierde Noord a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Opwierde Noord comes out at 24 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Opwierde Noord?

In Opwierde Noord the police recorded 58 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (24 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 Opwierde Noord calculated?

Opwierde Noord scores 3.0 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 Opwierde Noord 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.