neighbourhood in Ooststellingwerf
Oosterwolde-Biezenkamp
300 residents · postal code 8431 · Part of Oosterwolde, Ooststellingwerf
Well-off, and well out of town
On wealth & income every component in Oosterwolde-Biezenkamp points the same way: a property value above the national median, more households on a high income than nationally, fewer on a low one, no recorded social assistance and hardly any vacancy. An 8.5, and on this pillar that is rarely so unambiguous.
The brake is in the distances. Supermarket, GP and primary school are all around one and a half kilometres away; for amenities that produces a 4.2 and for families a 5.9, while more than four in ten households have children. On safety only burglary is above the national median — with three hundred residents that means a few reports, so the score is sensitive to them.
- no. 6,288 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 18 of 57 in Ooststellingwerf
How Oosterwolde-Biezenkamp scores
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Is Oosterwolde-Biezenkamp a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Oosterwolde-Biezenkamp comes out at 20 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.
In 2025, 3 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
Oosterwolde-Biezenkamp has strikingly many residents aged 45 to 65: 36%, against 28% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1513%
NL median 14%
- 15–2514%
NL median 11%
- 25–4518%
NL median 22%
- 45–6536%
NL median 28%
- 65+19%
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
2.5 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
18% — far fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
43% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,027 — 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 Oosterwolde-Biezenkamp a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Oosterwolde-Biezenkamp comes out at 20 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 Oosterwolde-Biezenkamp?
In Oosterwolde-Biezenkamp the police recorded 3 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (20 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 Oosterwolde-Biezenkamp calculated?
Oosterwolde-Biezenkamp scores 6.4 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 Oosterwolde-Biezenkamp 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 Ooststellingwerf
Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Ooststellingwerf.
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