neighbourhood in Het Hogeland

Baflo

1,805 residents · postal code 9953 · Part of Baflo, Het Hogeland

Top 50% in the Netherlands

Safe streets, thinner wallets

In Baflo the supermarket, GP, primary school and station are all four within six hundred metres. That is the reason for the 7.9 on amenities, and it is the kind of access that is not a given in a village of this size.

The wealth & income pillar falls away sharply at 3.5. Property value is well below the national median and the social assistance rate almost three times above it; the share of high incomes is smaller than nationally. Buying here costs little, and that is exactly what the score measures.

With crime, the balance stands out. Burglary and property offences are far below the national median, violence slightly above it. The 8.4 for safety therefore rests on what does not happen to belongings, not on an absence of incidents between people.

no. 6,473 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 17 of 62 in Het Hogeland

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Is Baflo a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Baflo comes out at 17 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

17.3 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.7 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.2 per 1,000

Property crime

4.5 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.9 per 1,000

In 2025, 33 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

0.5 km

GP practice

0.6 km

Train station

0.5 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

21.3 km

Café

4.2 km

Library

4.3 km

Motorway ramp

0.5 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

€ 253,000

Welfare recipients

22.2 per 1,000

High incomes

11%

Low incomes

43%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

63%

Social housing

34%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

92%

Built after 2000

21%

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

2,222 inw/km²

Noise level

49 dB

Green surroundings

56%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

323

Fine particles (PM2.5)

6.0 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

0.6 km

Households with children

28%

Childcare

0.8 km

Secondary school

3.9 km

Residents under 15

13%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Baflo has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 28%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1513%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4521%
NL median 22%
45–6529%
NL median 28%
65+28%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
39% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
28% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,222 — 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 Baflo a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Baflo comes out at 17 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 Baflo?

In Baflo the police recorded 33 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (17 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 Baflo calculated?

Baflo scores 6.3 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 Baflo 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.