neighbourhood in Oldambt

Winschoten-Zuid

3,155 residents · postal code 9673 · Part of Winschoten, Oldambt

Bottom 15% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

On the map Winschoten-Zuid does well: the station is a kilometre away, the supermarket around the corner, the primary school likewise. In the column beside it stand figures that drown all that out. Property value is under sixty per cent of the national median and half of households have a low income. Social assistance is nearly eight times as common here as nationally.

The safety score of 3.7 turns on violence, which here is double the national middle; property crime stays well beneath it. The familiar picture of an area where mainly things go missing does not fit.

What does hold up is the living environment. Greenery and tree canopy both sit above the national middle and the sound level below it, and in a neighbourhood of this density a 6.4 for quiet & nature is a result the overall score would not lead you to expect.

no. 11,188 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 29 of 48 in Oldambt

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Is Winschoten-Zuid a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Winschoten-Zuid comes out at 30 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.

Total crime

30.0 per 1,000

Violent crime

4.5 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.3 per 1,000

Property crime

6.2 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 108 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.

Supermarket

0.6 km

GP practice

1.2 km

Train station

1.0 km

Restaurant

1.0 km

Hospital

8.6 km

Café

1.3 km

Library

1.8 km

Motorway ramp

0.9 km

Tick = Dutch median

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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.

Property value

€ 222,000

Welfare recipients

60.2 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

51%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

47%

Social housing

33%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

67%

Built after 2000

23%

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

3,366 inw/km²

Noise level

50 dB

Green surroundings

55%

Trees nearby

13%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,144

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

0.7 km

Households with children

29%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

0.9 km

Residents under 15

15%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Winschoten-Zuid looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1515%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4523%
NL median 22%
45–6525%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
47% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
29% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,366 — 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 Winschoten-Zuid a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Winschoten-Zuid comes out at 30 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 Winschoten-Zuid?

In Winschoten-Zuid the police recorded 108 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (30 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 Winschoten-Zuid calculated?

Winschoten-Zuid scores 3.6 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 Winschoten-Zuid 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.