neighbourhood in Heerde
Heerde
9,125 residents · postal code 8181 · Part of Heerde, Heerde
Safe streets, thinner wallets
The measurements behind the quiet pillar in Heerde nearly all point the same way: more greenery than nationally, a tree canopy that comfortably exceeds the Dutch middle, and a noise level that stays below it. That yields a 8.0, unusual for a village centre with almost three thousand residents per square kilometre.
The 8.4 for safety comes mainly from theft: that figure stays at just over a third of the national middle. Burglary is the only component that comes out just above it.
What brakes the total is access to the railway. Supermarket, GP and restaurant lie within a kilometre, but the nearest station is more than eight kilometres away; that drops amenities to a 6.6. Wealth holds at a 5.1, with a property value just below the median and a lowest income group thicker than nationally.
- no. 2,950 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 6 of 14 in Heerde
How Heerde scores
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Is Heerde a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Heerde comes out at 14 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Heerde 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, 154 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
Heerde has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 28%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4520%
NL median 22%
- 45–6527%
NL median 28%
- 65+28%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
32% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
33% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,957 — 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 Heerde a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Heerde comes out at 14 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Heerde 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 Heerde?
In Heerde the police recorded 154 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (14 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 Heerde calculated?
Heerde scores 8.3 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 Heerde 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 Heerde
Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Heerde.
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