neighbourhood in Emmen
Angelslo
7,725 residents · postal code 7824 · Part of Angelslo, Emmen
At an average home value of 196,000 euro, Angelslo is the cheapest neighbourhood in this set, less than half the national median. This post-war Emmen district scores low: a 2.9 total, a 2.8 for safety and 39 offences per thousand. More than seven in ten homes are single-family houses, yet almost half of households live alone. Income per resident stays modest at 25,000 euro.
- no. 12,438 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 65 of 75 in Emmen
How Angelslo scores
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The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 349 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
The safest neighbourhoods in Emmen →The most dangerous neighbourhoods in Emmen →
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 Angelslo looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1513%
NL median 14%
- 15–2513%
NL median 11%
- 25–4522%
NL median 22%
- 45–6526%
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
1.9 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
48% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
26% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,201 — 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
How is the grade for Angelslo calculated?
Angelslo scores 2.9 as its total score. That grade is a national position: we weigh four equally heavy scores — safety, amenities, wealth & income and quiet & nature — and see where Angelslo lands among every neighbourhood in the Netherlands. So it is not the mean of the four grades, but a place in the queue. All from open data published by CBS and the police.
Is Angelslo a safe neighbourhood?
Angelslo scores 2.7 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (38.5 per year). The national median is around 24.1.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Emmen
Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Emmen.
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