neighbourhood in Heerenveen

Midden

3,750 residents · postal code 8442 · Part of Heerenveen, Heerenveen

Bottom 11% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

Violence in Midden occurs more than twice as often as nationally, vandalism likewise, and burglary more often still — while property crime actually stays below the national median. That is the reverse of the order you would expect in a town centre, and it explains why safety sticks at 3.1.

The wealth & income pillar is harsher still at 3.0, with every component pointing the same way except vacancy. Property values amount to slightly more than half the national median, and the number of social assistance payments per thousand residents is more than six times above it.

Amenities cut straight across that at 8.9: the supermarket, the GP and a restaurant are round the corner and the station is less than two kilometres away. Access is the strongest point of Heerenveen-Midden.

no. 11,729 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 29 of 30 in Heerenveen

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Is Midden a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Midden comes out at 32 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more 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

32.4 per 1,000

Violent crime

5.2 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.9 per 1,000

Property crime

7.7 per 1,000

Vandalism

4.9 per 1,000

In 2025, 167 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

1.0 km

Train station

1.8 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

1.3 km

Café

1.0 km

Library

0.7 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

€ 242,000

Welfare recipients

50.7 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

48%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

36%

Social housing

57%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

57%

Built after 2000

31%

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

3,720 inw/km²

Noise level

55 dB

Green surroundings

50%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,074

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

0.9 km

Households with children

23%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

1.1 km

Residents under 15

13%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

0–1513%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4527%
NL median 22%
45–6524%
NL median 28%
65+27%
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
1.8 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
52% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
23% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,720 — 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 Midden a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Midden comes out at 32 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. 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 Midden?

In Midden the police recorded 167 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (32 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 Midden calculated?

Midden scores 3.3 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 Midden 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.