neighbourhood in Pekela
Nieuwe Pekela
3,995 residents · postal code 9663 · Part of Wijk 01, Pekela
At 360 residents per square kilometre, Nieuwe Pekela is emphatically rural, which shows in a 8.0 for space & quiet and an 8.0 for safety. Against that, wealth comes in low at 2.9. The average home, at €219,000, is among the cheapest anywhere in the country, though nearly seven in ten are owner-occupied. Recorded crime, at close to 24 offences per 1,000 people present, sits just under the national median.
- no. 10,671 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 2 of 5 in Pekela
How Nieuwe Pekela scores
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The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 113 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
The age profile of Nieuwe Pekela looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1516%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4523%
NL median 22%
- 45–6527%
NL median 28%
- 65+24%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
34% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
33% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
360 — 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
How is the grade for Nieuwe Pekela calculated?
Nieuwe Pekela scores 3.9 as its total score. That grade is a national position: we weigh four equally heavy scores — safety, amenities, wealth & income and quiet & nature — and see where Nieuwe Pekela lands among every neighbourhood in the Netherlands. So it is not the mean of the four grades, but a place in the queue. All from open data published by CBS and the police.
Is Nieuwe Pekela a safe neighbourhood?
Nieuwe Pekela scores 8.0 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (23.6 per year). The national median is around 24.1.
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