neighbourhood in Heerenveen

Centrum

3,255 residents · postal code 8442 · Part of Heerenveen, Heerenveen

Bottom 5% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

The number of reported offences in Centrum in Heerenveen is around four times the national middle, and the safety pillar ends at 2.5 as a result — practically at the bottom of the Dutch list. Theft accounts for more than half of all reports, but violence, at well over four times the median, is far above it too. The usual picture of a centre where mainly possessions disappear does not cover this.

The wealth & income pillar stalls at 2.5 and everything there points the same way: a property value of about half the national middle, a social assistance rate almost eight times the national one, half of households in the lowest income group and vacancy at double.

Set against that is an amenities score of 9.8 and a population two thirds of whom live alone.

no. 12,431 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 30 of 30 in Heerenveen

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Is Centrum a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Centrum comes out at 96 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Centrum 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.

Total crime

95.6 per 1,000

Violent crime

10.8 per 1,000

Burglaries

2.7 per 1,000

Property crime

52.3 per 1,000

Vandalism

6.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 530 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

0.4 km

GP practice

1.0 km

Train station

1.1 km

Restaurant

0.2 km

Hospital

1.0 km

Café

0.4 km

Library

0.6 km

Motorway ramp

1.2 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

€ 224,000

Welfare recipients

61.4 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

50%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

22%

Social housing

55%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

28%

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

4,167 inw/km²

Noise level

55 dB

Green surroundings

39%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,392

Fine particles (PM2.5)

6.6 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

0.5 km

Households with children

12%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

1.0 km

Residents under 15

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Centrum has strikingly few children under 15: 7%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–157%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4528%
NL median 22%
45–6524%
NL median 28%
65+30%
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
1.5 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
67% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
12% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,167 — far 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 Centrum a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Centrum comes out at 96 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Centrum 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 Centrum?

In Centrum the police recorded 530 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (96 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 Centrum calculated?

Centrum scores 2.9 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 Centrum 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.