neighbourhood in Midden-Drenthe

Westerbork

4,510 residents · postal code 9431 · Part of Westerbork, Midden-Drenthe

Bottom 48% in the Netherlands

Safe, but few children

More than a third of Westerbork's residents are 65 or older and the share of children is small — that is the picture behind the 3.8 for families. On top of that, the primary school is a full kilometre away, and school distance is the heaviest component of that pillar. Population and distance push the same way here.

The safety pillar, at 8.9, is one of the strongest. Violence, theft and vandalism all three lie well below the national median; only burglary rises above it.

Quiet & nature reaches 7.9 on low density, a dense tree canopy and a noise level far below the median. Wealth & income lags at 4.9: property value is below the national median and the social assistance rate above it, while vacancy is in fact low.

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Is Westerbork a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Westerbork comes out at 13 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Westerbork is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.

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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

13.4 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.2 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.0 per 1,000

Property crime

4.0 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 70 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

0.9 km

GP practice

1.0 km

Train station

7.2 km

Restaurant

0.8 km

Hospital

19.6 km

Café

7.0 km

Library

1.2 km

Motorway ramp

1.0 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

€ 359,000

Welfare recipients

11.1 per 1,000

High incomes

17%

Low incomes

40%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

69%

Social housing

27%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

88%

Built after 2000

15%

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

1,439 inw/km²

Noise level

47 dB

Green surroundings

56%

Trees nearby

18%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

429

Fine particles (PM2.5)

6.5 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.

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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

1.0 km

Households with children

27%

Childcare

0.7 km

Secondary school

7.9 km

Residents under 15

11%

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Who lives here

Westerbork has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 35%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1511%
NL median 14%
15–259%
NL median 11%
25–4517%
NL median 22%
45–6527%
NL median 28%
65+35%
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
32% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
27% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,439 — 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 Westerbork a safe neighbourhood?

How much crime is there in Westerbork?

In Westerbork the police recorded 70 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (13 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 Westerbork calculated?

Westerbork scores 6.1 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 Westerbork 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.