neighbourhood in Harlingen
Midlum
515 residents · postal code 8872 · Part of Midlum, Harlingen
Everything for children close by, thinner wallets
The primary school in Midlum is two hundred metres away, everything adults need about three kilometres off. That distribution explains the gap between a 9.3 for families and a 4.4 for amenities better than any other figure.
The safety score of 6.1 sits around the national median, and with just over five hundred residents that is a figure with plenty of play in it: a handful of reports a year. Violence and vandalism are above it, theft and burglary below. On quiet & nature it is notable that the surroundings are greener than average while the tree canopy is thinner — a lot of open land with little tall planting, and together with a noise level above the median that keeps the pillar at a 4.3.
- no. 10,315 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 6 of 11 in Harlingen
How Midlum scores
Do some of these matter more to you than others?
Is Midlum a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Midlum comes out at 25 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 14 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
The safest neighbourhoods in Harlingen →The most dangerous neighbourhoods in Harlingen →
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
The age profile of Midlum looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–259%
NL median 11%
- 25–4524%
NL median 22%
- 45–6530%
NL median 28%
- 65+22%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
33% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
34% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,288 — around the 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 Midlum a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Midlum comes out at 25 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Midlum?
In Midlum the police recorded 14 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (25 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 Midlum calculated?
Midlum scores 4.1 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 Midlum 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.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Harlingen
Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Harlingen.
Highest grades
More about this area
Nearby neighbourhoods
Verspreide huizen Midlum
Harlingen
Koningsbuurt
Harlingen
De Spiker en het industrieterrein Hermes
Harlingen
Trebolbuurt
Harlingen
Wijnaldum
Harlingen
Binnenstad
Harlingen