neighbourhood in Opsterland

Gorredijk-Groene Long

1,780 residents · postal code 8401 · Part of Gorredijk, Opsterland

Bottom 23% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, thinner wallets

The total number of reported offences in Gorredijk-Groene Long is below the national median, and yet safety gets no further than a 4.3. That is down to the distribution: violence, burglary and vandalism are all above it, and only theft below. And it is the first two that weigh heaviest in this pillar.

The wealth & income score is markedly low: a property value well below the national median, only four per cent of households on a high income and a rate of social assistance many times the national median. Vacancy does stay below it. Against that stands the neighbourhood's strongest pillar, a 9.4 for families, carried by a primary school four hundred metres away.

no. 10,171 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 45 of 49 in Opsterland

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Is Gorredijk-Groene Long a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Gorredijk-Groene Long comes out at 23 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

22.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.3 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.3 per 1,000

Property crime

6.7 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.6 per 1,000

In 2025, 44 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

0.4 km

GP practice

1.3 km

Train station

12.8 km

Restaurant

0.6 km

Hospital

11.9 km

Café

0.7 km

Library

0.5 km

Motorway ramp

1.1 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

€ 230,000

Welfare recipients

56.2 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

53%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

41%

Social housing

55%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

89%

Built after 2000

16%

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

4,147 inw/km²

Noise level

48 dB

Green surroundings

44%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

997

Fine particles (PM2.5)

6.8 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

0.4 km

Households with children

32%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

0.6 km

Residents under 15

18%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Gorredijk-Groene Long has strikingly many children under 15: 18%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1518%
NL median 14%
15–259%
NL median 11%
25–4528%
NL median 22%
45–6523%
NL median 28%
65+21%
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
40% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
32% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,147 — 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 Gorredijk-Groene Long a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Gorredijk-Groene Long comes out at 23 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 Gorredijk-Groene Long?

In Gorredijk-Groene Long the police recorded 44 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (23 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 Gorredijk-Groene Long calculated?

Gorredijk-Groene Long 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 Gorredijk-Groene Long 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.