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neighbourhood in Emmen

Emmen-Centrum

4,925 residents · postal code 7811 · Part of Emmen-Centrum, Emmen

  • no. 12,307 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 69 of 75 in Emmen

Scores per pillar

Emmen-Centrum is an old and busy town core: nearly half its residents are over 65 and only four percent under fifteen. Amenities are excellent at 9.4, but safety is dire at 2.6 — over 112 crimes per thousand people present, more than four times the national middle. Homes are cheap at an average €240,000 and six in ten households live alone.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
0.3 km
General practitioner
1.4 km
Primary school
0.8 km
Secondary school
0.7 km
Childcare
0.4 km
Train station
1.3 km
Hospital
1.9 km
Restaurant
0.2 km
Café
0.3 km
Library
1.0 km

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year (residents plus business activity, see method). Small neighbourhoods are statistically smoothed.

Total crimes
112.6
Violent crimes
13.3
Burglaries
1.1

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 240,000
Owner-occupied
41%
Single-family homes
13%
Built after 2000
34%
Income per resident
€ 32,000

Who lives here

0–15 4%15–25 11%25–45 20%45–65 18%65+ 47%
Average household size
1.5
Households with children
10%
Single-person households
61%
Residents per km²
3,962

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Emmen-Centrum calculated?

Emmen-Centrum scores 2.9 overall. That is a weighted average of five pillars: safety, amenities, housing, social & income, and nature & quiet. Each pillar compares this neighbourhood with every other neighbourhood in the Netherlands, using open data from CBS and the police.

Is Emmen-Centrum a safe neighbourhood?

Emmen-Centrum scores 2.6 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (112.6 per year). The national median is around 24.1.