neighbourhood in Emmen

Zwartemeer-Centrum

2,820 residents · postal code 7894 · Part of Zwartemeer, Emmen

Bottom 31% in the Netherlands

Safe streets, thinner wallets

The GP in Zwartemeer-Centrum is nearly four kilometres away — a long drive for a neighbourhood calling itself a centre. Together with a railway station over fourteen kilometres away it explains the 4.7 for amenities — the supermarket around the corner does not make up for it, because GP and station together carry more weight.

The wealth & income pillar of 3.5 shows what lies underneath: a property value at just over half the national median, one in ten households in the top income group and social assistance at nearly three times the national rate. At the same time safety is markedly good at an 8.4, though not across the board: violence lies above the Dutch middle here while burglary and property crime stay far below it. With over eleven hundred residents per square kilometre this is also one of the roomiest neighbourhoods of this size, and that stays largely invisible in the quiet & nature score of 5.8.

no. 9,153 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 30 of 75 in Emmen

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Is Zwartemeer-Centrum a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Zwartemeer-Centrum comes out at 16 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Zwartemeer-Centrum is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.

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Safety

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

Total crime

16.4 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.0 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.1 per 1,000

Property crime

4.3 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.8 per 1,000

In 2025, 52 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

0.7 km

GP practice

3.8 km

Train station

14.5 km

Restaurant

0.7 km

Hospital

13.3 km

Café

0.7 km

Library

4.1 km

Motorway ramp

1.4 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

€ 248,000

Welfare recipients

21.3 per 1,000

High incomes

10%

Low incomes

45%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

70%

Social housing

26%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

95%

Built after 2000

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

1,148 inw/km²

Noise level

51 dB

Green surroundings

42%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

345

Fine particles (PM2.5)

6.6 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

0.7 km

Households with children

39%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

4.1 km

Residents under 15

13%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

0–1513%
NL median 14%
15–2513%
NL median 11%
25–4523%
NL median 22%
45–6530%
NL median 28%
65+21%
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
27% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
39% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,148 — 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 Zwartemeer-Centrum a safe neighbourhood?

How much crime is there in Zwartemeer-Centrum?

In Zwartemeer-Centrum the police recorded 52 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (16 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 Zwartemeer-Centrum calculated?

Zwartemeer-Centrum scores 4.7 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 Zwartemeer-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.