neighbourhood in Heerenveen

Skoatterwald

5,325 residents · postal code 8448 · Part of Heerenveen, Heerenveen

Top 4% in the Netherlands

Safe, but everything is a drive away

Violence, burglary, theft and vandalism all four stay below the national level in Skoatterwald, and with burglary the difference is large: it barely occurs there. That is how a 9.8 for safety comes about. Quiet follows the same pattern, with more greenery and water close to home than usual and a noise level below it.

The price is paid with the amenities. The supermarket, the GP, a restaurant and the station are all kilometres away, and that pillar therefore stays at 4.8 — the only failing figure of this Heerenveen neighbourhood. The daily shopping run is a drive here.

That the families pillar comes out at a 8.2 comes mainly from the residents themselves: more than half of the households have children. The primary school is a kilometre away, so that score does not have short distances to thank.

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no. 1 of 30 in Heerenveen

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Is Skoatterwald a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Skoatterwald comes out at 10 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Skoatterwald is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest 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

9.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.8 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.1 per 1,000

Property crime

2.8 per 1,000

Vandalism

0.8 per 1,000

In 2025, 59 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.

Supermarket

2.4 km

GP practice

2.2 km

Train station

3.6 km

Restaurant

1.9 km

Hospital

2.2 km

Café

2.7 km

Library

2.7 km

Motorway ramp

1.3 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

€ 458,000

Welfare recipients

5.6 per 1,000

High incomes

32%

Low incomes

30%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

77%

Social housing

13%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

90%

Built after 2000

100%

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

2,319 inw/km²

Noise level

47 dB

Green surroundings

65%

Trees nearby

10%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

702

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

1.0 km

Households with children

56%

Childcare

1.0 km

Secondary school

1.6 km

Residents under 15

24%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Skoatterwald has strikingly many children under 15: 24%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1524%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4526%
NL median 22%
45–6528%
NL median 28%
65+9%
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
2.8 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
19% — far fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
56% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,319 — 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 Skoatterwald a safe neighbourhood?

How much crime is there in Skoatterwald?

In Skoatterwald the police recorded 59 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (10 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 Skoatterwald calculated?

Skoatterwald scores 9.8 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 Skoatterwald 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.