neighbourhood in Meppel

Hesselingen

1,985 residents · postal code 7944 · Part of Koedijkslanden, Meppel

Bottom 39% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, and little room

Two figures pull Hesselingen apart. The families pillar reaches 8.8, mainly because the primary school is eight hundred metres away and four in ten households have children. The quiet & nature pillar sticks at 3.4, and the reason is twofold: over three thousand residents per square kilometre and a green share barely half the national middle. There is little room here and little greenery.

The wealth & income pillar sits in the same territory at 3.4, and it is low right across: property value far under the median, a thinly filled top income group, and social assistance at more than twice the national middle. What the neighbourhood does deliver is proximity — GP, supermarket and station are all within two kilometres.

no. 8,061 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 17 of 36 in Meppel

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Is Hesselingen a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Hesselingen comes out at 16 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Hesselingen 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

15.7 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.2 per 1,000

Burglaries

2.2 per 1,000

Property crime

3.6 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.2 per 1,000

In 2025, 30 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

0.8 km

GP practice

0.6 km

Train station

1.9 km

Restaurant

1.2 km

Hospital

3.5 km

Café

1.2 km

Library

1.9 km

Motorway ramp

2.2 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

€ 247,000

Welfare recipients

20.2 per 1,000

High incomes

10%

Low incomes

43%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

50%

Social housing

36%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

84%

Built after 2000

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

3,586 inw/km²

Noise level

52 dB

Green surroundings

27%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,501

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.5 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

0.8 km

Households with children

40%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

0.5 km

Residents under 15

17%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

0–1517%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4524%
NL median 22%
45–6524%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
29% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
40% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,586 — 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 Hesselingen a safe neighbourhood?

How much crime is there in Hesselingen?

In Hesselingen the police recorded 30 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (16 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 Hesselingen calculated?

Hesselingen scores 5.4 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 Hesselingen 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.