neighbourhood in Harlingen
Verspreide huizen Midlum
110 residents · postal code 8861 · Part of Midlum, Harlingen
Well-off, schools and childcare further off
A hundred and ten people, spread across a large rural area: at Verspreide huizen Midlum every figure is under the strain of small numbers. The crime rate is more than twice the national median, but that is the translation of a handful of reports — one record more or fewer visibly shifts the picture. For the income distribution the data is missing entirely; Statistics Netherlands does not publish it where there are too few households, so the wealth & income pillar rests here on property value and vacancy.
The families score of 3.3 is the neighbourhood's lowest, and distance is the main reason: the primary school is more than a kilometre away, and that weighs heavily in this pillar. On top of that few children live here and a third of residents are 65 or older.
- no. 11,938 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 9 of 11 in Harlingen
This neighbourhood has few residents; figures are indicative.
How Verspreide huizen Midlum scores
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Is Verspreide huizen Midlum a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Verspreide huizen Midlum comes out at 52 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Verspreide huizen Midlum is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most 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, 35 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
Verspreide huizen Midlum has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 33%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–158%
NL median 14%
- 15–258%
NL median 11%
- 25–4520%
NL median 22%
- 45–6531%
NL median 28%
- 65+33%
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
1.8 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
43% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
26% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
25 — 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 Verspreide huizen Midlum a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Verspreide huizen Midlum comes out at 52 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Verspreide huizen Midlum is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes. One caveat: the figure counts per person present, not per resident. In a neighbourhood with many visitors — a centre, a station, a shopping area — it therefore comes out higher than residents experience. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Verspreide huizen Midlum?
In Verspreide huizen Midlum the police recorded 35 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (52 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 Verspreide huizen Midlum calculated?
Verspreide huizen Midlum scores 3.2 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 Verspreide huizen 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.
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