neighbourhood in Heerenveen

De Greiden

7,345 residents · postal code 8446 · Part of Heerenveen, Heerenveen

Bottom 50% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, thinner wallets

The primary school in De Greiden is five hundred metres away and more than a third of households have children; the families figure of 9.0 follows directly from that. The short distance to supermarket and GP additionally produces a 8.2 for amenities.

What is missing is value in the bricks. The property value does not even reach two thirds of the Dutch middle, and that is by far the heaviest component of the wealth pillar - hence a 3.1, with an income distribution that has clearly shifted towards the bottom. The safety figure of 5.5 finally deserves a footnote: violence and theft are registered less often in this Heerenveen neighbourhood than nationally and vandalism as often. It is burglary, at double the national value, that pulls the pillar down.

no. 6,574 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 16 of 30 in Heerenveen

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Is De Greiden a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, De Greiden comes out at 22 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

The figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

21.6 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.2 per 1,000

Property crime

8.9 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.3 per 1,000

In 2025, 186 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

0.6 km

GP practice

0.7 km

Train station

2.4 km

Restaurant

0.7 km

Hospital

2.3 km

Café

1.8 km

Library

1.6 km

Motorway ramp

1.5 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

€ 260,000

Welfare recipients

31.3 per 1,000

High incomes

11%

Low incomes

46%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

56%

Social housing

33%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

78%

Built after 2000

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

4,629 inw/km²

Noise level

50 dB

Green surroundings

47%

Trees nearby

10%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,858

Fine particles (PM2.5)

6.5 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

34%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

0.8 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of De Greiden looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4524%
NL median 22%
45–6525%
NL median 28%
65+24%
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
34% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,629 — 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 De Greiden a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, De Greiden comes out at 22 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in De Greiden?

In De Greiden the police recorded 186 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (22 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 Greiden calculated?

De Greiden scores 6.2 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 De Greiden 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.