neighbourhood in Heerenveen
De Akkers
2,485 residents · postal code 8443 · Part of Heerenveen, Heerenveen
Everything close by, little to spend
One in three residents of De Akkers is 65 or older and nearly half of all households consist of one person. That colours almost every other figure: the share of households with children stays low, and the 7.0 for families therefore comes mainly from the short distance to the primary school.
The 2.9 for wealth & income rests on every component at once, with a low property value, few higher incomes, many lower incomes, a social assistance rate five times the national level and vacancy above the middle. On safety the picture is mixed: theft stays below the median, but burglary, violence and vandalism are all above it, which works out at 4.0. Quiet & nature, by contrast, reaches 7.2, carried by greenery and tree canopy in the surroundings.
- no. 9,284 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 23 of 30 in Heerenveen
How De Akkers scores
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Is De Akkers a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Akkers comes out at 23 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 68 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
De Akkers has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 33%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1513%
NL median 14%
- 15–2513%
NL median 11%
- 25–4520%
NL median 22%
- 45–6522%
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
1.9 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
49% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
23% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,417 — around the 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 De Akkers a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Akkers comes out at 23 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in De Akkers?
In De Akkers the police recorded 68 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (23 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 De Akkers calculated?
De Akkers scores 4.7 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 De Akkers 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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