neighbourhood in Hardenberg

Baalder

3,265 residents · postal code 7772 · Part of Hardenberg, Hardenberg

Top 14% in the Netherlands

Safe streets, thinner wallets

At 9.6 Baalder is one of the safest neighbourhoods in this size class, and that figure has no weak spot: violence, burglary, theft and vandalism all four sit below the national median, theft at a fifth of it. The total number of reported offences stays far below the middle.

The wealth & income pillar lags behind at 4.2, almost entirely because of the property value, which is well below the national middle and carries the most weight in that pillar. The social assistance rate is well over twice above it; only vacancy is favourable, at a fraction of the median.

The primary school is four hundred metres away and more than four in ten households have children — the two components that together carry the families score of 9.3. The supermarket is the longest walk among the everyday amenities here.

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Is Baalder a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Baalder comes out at 11 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Baalder 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

10.7 per 1,000

Violent crime

0.8 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.5 per 1,000

Property crime

1.9 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 32 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

1.5 km

GP practice

1.1 km

Train station

2.3 km

Restaurant

1.6 km

Hospital

2.1 km

Café

0.9 km

Library

1.7 km

Motorway ramp

2.0 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

€ 295,000

Welfare recipients

18.4 per 1,000

High incomes

12%

Low incomes

41%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

77%

Social housing

20%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

93%

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

1,644 inw/km²

Noise level

50 dB

Green surroundings

48%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

785

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.2 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

42%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

2.0 km

Residents under 15

17%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Baalder has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 14%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1517%
NL median 14%
15–2514%
NL median 11%
25–4525%
NL median 22%
45–6525%
NL median 28%
65+19%
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
2.5 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
27% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
42% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,644 — 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 Baalder a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Baalder comes out at 11 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Baalder is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Baalder?

In Baalder the police recorded 32 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (11 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 Baalder calculated?

Baalder scores 9.0 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 Baalder 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.