neighbourhood in Heerenveen

Akkrum

3,275 residents · postal code 8491 · Part of Boarnsterhim, Heerenveen

Top 40% in the Netherlands

Plenty of space, less prosperity

Akkrum is one of the most sparsely populated places in this size class and still has a railway station nine hundred metres away. That combination produces an amenities score of 7.7 with nothing urban about it; supermarket, GP and restaurant are likewise within seven hundred metres.

The quiet & nature pillar comes out at 8.5, almost entirely down to the greenery: well over four fifths of the surrounding area counts as such, against a little more than half nationally. The tree canopy is strikingly thin, at a fraction of the national median — open land, then, not woodland.

The families pillar lags at 5.0, and the primary school more than a kilometre away weighs heaviest in it. In the wealth & income pillar only vacancy comes out favourably; property value is far below the middle and the social assistance rate well over twice above it.

no. 5,228 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 13 of 30 in Heerenveen

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Is Akkrum a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Akkrum comes out at 17 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Akkrum is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.

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Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

16.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.8 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.7 per 1,000

Property crime

5.5 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.4 per 1,000

In 2025, 72 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

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Amenities

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

Supermarket

0.7 km

GP practice

0.7 km

Train station

0.9 km

Restaurant

0.6 km

Hospital

11.9 km

Café

4.4 km

Library

0.8 km

Motorway ramp

1.3 km

Tick = Dutch median

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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.

Property value

€ 296,000

Welfare recipients

18.3 per 1,000

High incomes

15%

Low incomes

43%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

60%

Social housing

29%

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Single-family homes

80%

Built after 2000

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.

Population density

293 inw/km²

Noise level

49 dB

Green surroundings

81%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Addresses per km²

528

Fine particles (PM2.5)

6.3 µg/m³

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

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Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.

Primary school

1.1 km

Households with children

32%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

6.6 km

Residents under 15

14%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Akkrum has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 29%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4518%
NL median 22%
45–6527%
NL median 28%
65+29%
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
38% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
32% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
293 — 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 Akkrum a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Akkrum comes out at 17 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Akkrum 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 Akkrum?

In Akkrum the police recorded 72 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (17 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 Akkrum calculated?

Akkrum scores 7.0 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 Akkrum 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.