neighbourhood in Nissewaard

Vriesland

2,710 residents · postal code 3206 · Part of Vriesland, Nissewaard

Bottom 23% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, thinner wallets

The total number of recorded offences in Vriesland is below the national median, and yet the safety score is a 4.4. The explanation lies in the type: violence here runs at more than two and a half times the national level, while theft stays far below it. Violence is the heaviest component of the pillar, and that is precisely the reverse of what a low overall figure normally means.

The railway station is almost nineteen kilometres away, and that pushes the amenities pillar to a 5.7 while supermarket, GP and school are all within a kilometre.

The 8.8 for families is carried from two sides: the primary school seven hundred metres away and more than four in ten households with children. On wealth & income it is the social assistance rate, a multiple of the national figure, that weighs heaviest.

no. 10,188 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 53 of 78 in Nissewaard

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Is Vriesland a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Vriesland comes out at 22 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood.

The figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

22.0 per 1,000

Violent crime

6.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.9 per 1,000

Property crime

4.5 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.4 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

0.7 km

Train station

18.8 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

3.2 km

Café

2.0 km

Library

4.1 km

Motorway ramp

3.0 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

€ 266,000

Welfare recipients

33.2 per 1,000

High incomes

16%

Low incomes

41%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

64%

Social housing

34%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

82%

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

9,295 inw/km²

Noise level

49 dB

Green surroundings

49%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,938

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.2 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

0.7 km

Households with children

42%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

3.3 km

Residents under 15

17%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

0–1517%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4526%
NL median 22%
45–6528%
NL median 28%
65+17%
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
30% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
42% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
9,295 — 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 Vriesland a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Vriesland comes out at 22 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Vriesland?

In Vriesland the police recorded 70 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (22 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 Vriesland calculated?

Vriesland scores 4.2 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 Vriesland 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.