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neighbourhood in Harlingen

Oosterpark

7,405 residents · postal code 8862 · Part of Harlingen, Harlingen

  • no. 8,570 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 4 of 11 in Harlingen

Scores per pillar

In the port town of Harlingen, the Oosterpark district scores a 9.2 for safety, with sixteen offences per thousand well below the middle. It is emphatically family country — 92 percent single-family houses, four in ten households with children. Even so the social pillar (3.4) and housing (4.2) lag, and the total lands at 5.1. Home values of 265,000 euro are low, with income of 28,000 euro per resident.

Amenities nearby

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Large supermarket
1.0 km
General practitioner
1.1 km
Primary school
0.6 km
Secondary school
1.5 km
Childcare
0.5 km
Train station
1.5 km
Hospital
1.1 km
Restaurant
2.3 km
Café
2.2 km
Library
2.5 km

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year (residents plus business activity, see method). Small neighbourhoods are statistically smoothed.

Total crimes
16.1
Violent crimes
1.2
Burglaries
0.3

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 265,000
Owner-occupied
63%
Single-family homes
92%
Built after 2000
22%
Income per resident
€ 28,000

Who lives here

0–15 18%15–25 12%25–45 23%45–65 27%65+ 20%
Average household size
2.3
Households with children
40%
Single-person households
31%
Residents per km²
3,266

Nearby neighbourhoods

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Oosterpark calculated?

Oosterpark scores 5.1 overall. That is a weighted average of five pillars: safety, amenities, housing, social & income, and nature & quiet. Each pillar compares this neighbourhood with every other neighbourhood in the Netherlands, using open data from CBS and the police.

Is Oosterpark a safe neighbourhood?

Oosterpark scores 9.2 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (16.1 per year). The national median is around 24.1.