neighbourhood in Midden-Drenthe

Verspreide huizen Beilen

1,890 residents · postal code 9411 · Part of Beilen, Midden-Drenthe

Top 16% in the Netherlands

Safe, but everything is a drive away

Among Dutch open-country areas, Verspreide huizen Beilen is an unusually young one. More than half the homes were built after 2000, many households have children, and the share of over-65s is below the national middle. That is the reverse of what thinly populated areas usually show.

The 5.2 for families jars with that, and the explanation is purely distance: the primary school is more than two kilometres away, and that component weighs heaviest in the pillar. So there are relatively many children here who have to be driven every day.

The 8.2 for wealth & income holds up on every component: property values above the national median, more households on a high income than average, fewer on a low one, no social assistance and ordinary vacancy. Combined with the high figures for safety and quiet, access is the only weak spot, because shop, GP and restaurant are all kilometres away.

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no. 2 of 47 in Midden-Drenthe

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Is Verspreide huizen Beilen a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Verspreide huizen Beilen 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.

Total crime

17.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.3 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.1 per 1,000

Property crime

7.2 per 1,000

Vandalism

0.4 per 1,000

In 2025, 48 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

2.5 km

GP practice

2.8 km

Train station

2.6 km

Restaurant

2.0 km

Hospital

17.5 km

Café

2.6 km

Library

2.8 km

Motorway ramp

2.0 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

€ 466,000

Welfare recipients

0.0 per 1,000

High incomes

25%

Low incomes

31%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

89%

Social housing

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

97%

Built after 2000

55%

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

44 inw/km²

Noise level

46 dB

Green surroundings

62%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

228

Fine particles (PM2.5)

6.4 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

2.3 km

Households with children

46%

Childcare

2.3 km

Secondary school

2.7 km

Residents under 15

19%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Verspreide huizen Beilen has strikingly many children under 15: 19%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1519%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4524%
NL median 22%
45–6530%
NL median 28%
65+15%
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
2.7 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
18% — far fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
46% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
44 — far 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 Verspreide huizen Beilen a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Verspreide huizen Beilen 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 Verspreide huizen Beilen?

In Verspreide huizen Beilen the police recorded 48 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 Verspreide huizen Beilen calculated?

Verspreide huizen Beilen scores 8.9 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 Verspreide huizen 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.