neighbourhood in Emmen

Parc Sandur

2,115 residents · postal code 7828 · Part of Parc Sandur, Emmen

Bottom 49% in the Netherlands

Spacious and quiet, but not set up for children

Almost a third of the surface of Parc Sandur is water, and the sound level is nearly eight decibels below the national median. That is where the 9.1 for quiet & nature comes from, and it is among the highest scores a neighbourhood can reach on that pillar.

The price shows up in amenities: a 3.5. Supermarket, GP and school are all more than four kilometres away; only a restaurant is close. Without a car this is not a place to live, and that is not atmosphere but a sum of distances.

The 2.9 for families comes from the same corner. The primary school is more than four kilometres off, and school distance is by far the heaviest component of that pillar; childcare and secondary education count on top of it. The relatively large number of households with children does not offset that.

no. 6,723 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 11 of 75 in Emmen

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Is Parc Sandur a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Parc Sandur comes out at 13 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Parc Sandur is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.

The figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

12.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.0 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.4 per 1,000

Property crime

3.5 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.3 per 1,000

In 2025, 27 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

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The figures ⌄

Amenities

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

Supermarket

4.3 km

GP practice

4.3 km

Train station

5.8 km

Restaurant

0.9 km

Hospital

9.9 km

Café

0.9 km

Library

6.0 km

Motorway ramp

3.5 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

€ 400,000

Welfare recipients

4.7 per 1,000

High incomes

24%

Low incomes

33%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

89%

Social housing

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

100%

Built after 2000

63%

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

987 inw/km²

Noise level

44 dB

Green surroundings

47%

Trees nearby

11%

Water share

29%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

350

Fine particles (PM2.5)

6.7 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

4.2 km

Households with children

37%

Childcare

4.2 km

Secondary school

8.0 km

Residents under 15

12%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Parc Sandur looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1512%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4520%
NL median 22%
45–6533%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
22% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
37% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
987 — far 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 Parc Sandur a safe neighbourhood?

How much crime is there in Parc Sandur?

In Parc Sandur the police recorded 27 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (13 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 Parc Sandur calculated?

Parc Sandur scores 6.1 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 Parc Sandur 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.