neighbourhood in Harlingen
De Spiker en het industrieterrein Hermes
1,830 residents · postal code 8861 · Part of Harlingen, Harlingen
A residential area despite the name: 1,830 residents, mostly rental homes.
Safe streets, thinner wallets
Of the residents of De Spiker en het industrieterrein Hermes, more than four in ten are 65 or older — a markedly ageing population. That colours the families score of 6.4: the primary school is close by, but few children live here.
Vacancy stands out: twelve per cent of homes are empty, a multiple of the national share. Together with a property value at half the national median, that explains the 2.7 for wealth & income. Against it stands a 9.4 for safety, which leaves little room for nuance: not one offence type rises above the national median, and burglary is almost absent here.
- no. 7,400 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 2 of 11 in Harlingen
How De Spiker en het industrieterrein Hermes scores
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Is De Spiker en het industrieterrein Hermes a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Spiker en het industrieterrein Hermes comes out at 13 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: De Spiker en het industrieterrein Hermes 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.
In 2025, 22 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.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄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.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Quiet & nature
How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
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
The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Tick = Dutch median
Who lives here
De Spiker en het industrieterrein Hermes has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 44%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1510%
NL median 14%
- 15–258%
NL median 11%
- 25–4514%
NL median 22%
- 45–6523%
NL median 28%
- 65+44%
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
1.9 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
43% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
22% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,611 — more 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 De Spiker en het industrieterrein Hermes a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Spiker en het industrieterrein Hermes comes out at 13 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: De Spiker en het industrieterrein Hermes 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 De Spiker en het industrieterrein Hermes?
In De Spiker en het industrieterrein Hermes the police recorded 22 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 De Spiker en het industrieterrein Hermes calculated?
De Spiker en het industrieterrein Hermes scores 5.8 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 De Spiker en het industrieterrein Hermes 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.
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