neighbourhood in Heerenveen
Nijehaske
3,135 residents · postal code 8447 · Part of Heerenveen, Heerenveen
Everything for children close by, thinner wallets
The supermarket at one and a half kilometres is the figure that costs Nijehaske the most. In the amenities pillar that distance weighs more heavily than any other component, which is why an area with station and GP within two kilometres still stops at a 6.7.
The crime picture is mixed. Violence here sits well below the national middle and property crime below it too, while burglary and vandalism rise slightly above. The total lies above the median without any one category explaining it, and the 6.5 that follows is accordingly a middle position.
The weak spot is the wealth & income column. Property value stays far below the national middle, social assistance is more than four times as common as in the median neighbourhood, and vacancy is near zero. Vacancy that low alongside property value that low means the homes are lived in, not invested in.
- no. 7,214 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 18 of 30 in Heerenveen
How Nijehaske scores
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Is Nijehaske a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Nijehaske comes out at 28 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.
In 2025, 106 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
The age profile of Nijehaske looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–2513%
NL median 11%
- 25–4526%
NL median 22%
- 45–6529%
NL median 28%
- 65+19%
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
39% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
32% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,389 — 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 Nijehaske a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Nijehaske comes out at 28 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 Nijehaske?
In Nijehaske the police recorded 106 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (28 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 Nijehaske calculated?
Nijehaske scores 5.9 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 Nijehaske 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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