neighbourhood in Midden-Drenthe

Beilen

9,345 residents · postal code 9411 · Part of Beilen, Midden-Drenthe

Bottom 49% in the Netherlands

Safe streets, thinner wallets

The wealth pillar drops to a 4.1 in Beilen, and it is not one component doing it. Property values remain far below the Dutch median, top incomes are less common than nationally, the lowest income group more common, and social assistance runs at more than double the national level. Only vacancy sits below the national level, and of the four it carries the least weight.

The 7.5 for safety has one crack. Violence, theft and vandalism stay below the national middle, but burglary runs at double that — and after violence that weighs the heaviest. In absolute numbers, with just over nine thousand residents, that comes down to some six burglaries a year more than in an average neighbourhood — few cases, but they weigh heavily in this score.

That families are stuck at a 6.4 while the primary school is round the corner comes from the age profile: more than a quarter of Beilen is 65 or older.

no. 6,670 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 7 of 47 in Midden-Drenthe

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Is Beilen a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Beilen comes out at 20 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

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Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

19.7 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.3 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.2 per 1,000

Property crime

6.6 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.6 per 1,000

In 2025, 229 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

0.9 km

Train station

1.6 km

Restaurant

1.0 km

Hospital

16.6 km

Café

1.3 km

Library

1.1 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

€ 320,000

Welfare recipients

18.2 per 1,000

High incomes

15%

Low incomes

41%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

60%

Social housing

32%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

81%

Built after 2000

21%

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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

1,670 inw/km²

Noise level

55 dB

Green surroundings

52%

Trees nearby

10%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

823

Fine particles (PM2.5)

6.7 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.

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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

0.7 km

Households with children

31%

Childcare

0.7 km

Secondary school

1.0 km

Residents under 15

13%

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Who lives here

Beilen 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%
45–6527%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
36% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
31% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,670 — 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 Beilen a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Beilen comes out at 20 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 Beilen?

In Beilen the police recorded 229 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (20 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 Beilen calculated?

Beilen scores 6.2 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 Beilen 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.