neighbourhood in Emmen

Emmer-Compascuum-Centrum

4,795 residents · postal code 7881 · Part of Emmer-Compascuum, Emmen

Bottom 25% in the Netherlands

Plenty of space, less prosperity

Violence is the heavy component in Emmer-Compascuum-Centrum, and that explains why a neighbourhood with fewer registrations than the average still gets stuck at a 5.5 for safety. The violence figure here lies at well over double the national median and vandalism too comes out above it, while theft and burglary in fact stay far below the average.

The lowest score is the 3.2 for wealth & income, and that is this neighbourhood's most unambiguous result: the property value lies well below the Dutch middle, high incomes occur little, and almost half of households sit in the lowest income group.

What the neighbourhood does have is silence. The noise level lies far below the median and few people live per square kilometre, together good for a 7.6 on quiet & nature.

no. 9,898 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 32 of 75 in Emmen

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Is Emmer-Compascuum-Centrum a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Emmer-Compascuum-Centrum comes out at 23 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood.

The figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

22.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

4.8 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.4 per 1,000

Property crime

6.1 per 1,000

Vandalism

4.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 129 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

0.8 km

Train station

11.1 km

Restaurant

0.7 km

Hospital

11.2 km

Café

1.3 km

Library

0.8 km

Motorway ramp

5.4 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

€ 232,000

Welfare recipients

29.2 per 1,000

High incomes

10%

Low incomes

48%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

61%

Social housing

33%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

84%

Built after 2000

12%

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

1,766 inw/km²

Noise level

47 dB

Green surroundings

51%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

529

Fine particles (PM2.5)

6.5 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

0.5 km

Households with children

31%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

9.0 km

Residents under 15

13%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Emmer-Compascuum-Centrum looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1513%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4523%
NL median 22%
45–6530%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
37% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
31% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,766 — 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 Emmer-Compascuum-Centrum a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Emmer-Compascuum-Centrum comes out at 23 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 Emmer-Compascuum-Centrum?

In Emmer-Compascuum-Centrum the police recorded 129 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (23 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 Emmer-Compascuum-Centrum calculated?

Emmer-Compascuum-Centrum scores 4.3 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 Emmer-Compascuum-Centrum 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.