neighbourhood in Emmen

Zandpol

460 residents · postal code 7764 · Part of Schoonebeek, Emmen

Bottom 11% in the Netherlands

Spacious, but safety lags

Vandalism in Zandpol runs at four times the rate of the average Dutch neighbourhood, and that single number carries the 3.2 for safety almost on its own. Theft here sits below the national middle; burglary and violence are raised, but not dramatically. This is the profile of a village where things get broken, not one where goods disappear. With 460 residents it comes down to a handful of reported offences a year — the pattern is real, the precision is not.

Against that stand an 8.6 for quiet & nature and an 8.0 for families, the latter mainly because the primary school is around the corner. What none of it fixes is the wealth & income pillar: social assistance here is five times the national median and property value well below it. Living quietly and cheaply is not the same thing as living comfortably.

no. 11,655 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 53 of 75 in Emmen

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Is Zandpol a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Zandpol comes out at 32 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

The figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

31.5 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.2 per 1,000

Burglaries

2.2 per 1,000

Property crime

8.7 per 1,000

Vandalism

9.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 19 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

2.5 km

GP practice

2.9 km

Train station

3.5 km

Restaurant

2.0 km

Hospital

9.6 km

Café

2.5 km

Library

2.8 km

Motorway ramp

0.6 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

€ 288,000

Welfare recipients

43.5 per 1,000

High incomes

11%

Low incomes

47%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

72%

Social housing

26%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

98%

Built after 2000

15%

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

479 inw/km²

Noise level

54 dB

Green surroundings

64%

Trees nearby

16%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

130

Fine particles (PM2.5)

6.9 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

0.4 km

Households with children

35%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

9.5 km

Residents under 15

15%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

0–1515%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4522%
NL median 22%
45–6530%
NL median 28%
65+24%
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
23% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
35% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
479 — 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 Zandpol a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Zandpol comes out at 32 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. One caveat: the figure counts per person present, not per resident. In a neighbourhood with many visitors — a centre, a station, a shopping area — it therefore comes out higher than residents experience. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Zandpol?

In Zandpol the police recorded 19 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (32 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 Zandpol calculated?

Zandpol scores 3.3 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 Zandpol 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.