neighbourhood in Oldambt
Finsterwolde Ganzedijk
140 residents · postal code 9684 · Part of Finsterwolde, Oldambt
Spacious and quiet, but not set up for children
A hundred and forty people, spread across an area quieter than almost anywhere in the Netherlands: the noise level is far below the median and greenery far above it. That is where the 8.8 for quiet & nature comes from, and that figure stands alone in Finsterwolde Ganzedijk.
With numbers this small, crime figures call for caution. Burglary here works out at five times the national median and property crime sits above it, while violence and vandalism stay below — but with so few residents this is a handful of records, and one reported offence more or less already shifts the picture.
The rest leaves little room. The property value is less than half the national median, the social assistance rate a multiple of it, and supermarket, GP and school are kilometres away. For anyone living here without a car that is not an inconvenience but a daily constraint, and that is what the 2.7 for amenities and the 2.5 for families mean.
- no. 13,037 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 48 of 48 in Oldambt
This neighbourhood has few residents; figures are indicative.
How Finsterwolde Ganzedijk scores
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Is Finsterwolde Ganzedijk a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Finsterwolde Ganzedijk comes out at 31 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more 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.
In 2025, 6 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
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The figures ⌄Amenities
Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄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.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Quiet & nature
How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
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
The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Tick = Dutch median
Who lives here
Finsterwolde Ganzedijk has strikingly few young people aged 15 to 25: 6%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1510%
NL median 14%
- 15–256%
NL median 11%
- 25–4529%
NL median 22%
- 45–6528%
NL median 28%
- 65+26%
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
1.8 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
54% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
19% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
429 — 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 Finsterwolde Ganzedijk a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Finsterwolde Ganzedijk comes out at 31 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. One caveat: the figure counts per person present, not per resident. In a neighbourhood with many visitors — a centre, a station, a shopping area — it therefore comes out higher than residents experience. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Finsterwolde Ganzedijk?
In Finsterwolde Ganzedijk the police recorded 6 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (31 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 Finsterwolde Ganzedijk calculated?
Finsterwolde Ganzedijk scores 2.5 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 Finsterwolde Ganzedijk 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.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Oldambt
Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Oldambt.
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