neighbourhood in Het Hogeland
Bedum Noord - West
1,895 residents · postal code 9781 · Part of Bedum, Het Hogeland
Safe streets, thinner wallets
A 9.3 for safety and a 3.8 for wealth & income in the same streets: Bedum Noord - West shows that the two need have nothing to do with each other. Violence and vandalism here are at a third of the national median, burglary below it.
The wealth & income pillar has a story of its own, and it lies in vacancy. One in ten addresses stands empty, a good two and a half times the national norm, and that counts in this pillar. On top of that comes a social assistance rate approaching three times the median.
Access, meanwhile, is excellent: the station is seven hundred metres away, supermarket and school closer still. That yields an 8.4 for amenities, and it sharpens the contrast — this is not a remote place where prices are low for that reason.
- no. 3,446 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 8 of 62 in Het Hogeland
How Bedum Noord - West scores
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Is Bedum Noord - West a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Bedum Noord - West comes out at 18 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.
In 2025, 37 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 Bedum Noord - West looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–2512%
NL median 11%
- 25–4520%
NL median 22%
- 45–6528%
NL median 28%
- 65+25%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
34% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
32% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,740 — less 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 Bedum Noord - West a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Bedum Noord - West comes out at 18 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 Bedum Noord - West?
In Bedum Noord - West the police recorded 37 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (18 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 Bedum Noord - West calculated?
Bedum Noord - West scores 8.0 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 Bedum Noord - West 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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