neighbourhood in Pekela

Oude Pekela

7,645 residents · postal code 9665 · Part of Wijk 00, Pekela

Bottom 13% in the Netherlands

Plenty of space, less prosperity

Oude Pekela is markedly quiet: the noise is almost nine decibels below the Dutch middle and few people live per square kilometre. Even so, the quiet pillar gets no further than a 7.2, because both the measured greenery around the houses and the tree canopy stay below the national level. Few residents on a lot of ground therefore does not automatically mean a lot of greenery around your house.

The safety figure of 5.0 belongs with a crime total that is only just above the Dutch middle, but the distribution is skewed: violence is registered here twice as often as nationally, while theft stays clearly below. That is not the profile of a busy shopping area.

On wealth a 2.7 is what remains. The property value does not reach half the Dutch middle, top incomes are scarce, low incomes are widely represented, and vacancy lies above the national level.

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Is Oude Pekela a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Oude Pekela comes out at 27 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

26.7 per 1,000

Violent crime

4.8 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.6 per 1,000

Property crime

5.6 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.8 per 1,000

In 2025, 243 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

1.0 km

GP practice

0.9 km

Train station

5.5 km

Restaurant

0.8 km

Hospital

10.0 km

Café

0.9 km

Library

1.1 km

Motorway ramp

0.9 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

€ 202,000

Welfare recipients

36.6 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

49%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

60%

Social housing

27%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

87%

Built after 2000

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

794 inw/km²

Noise level

43 dB

Green surroundings

38%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

654

Fine particles (PM2.5)

6.2 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

1.0 km

Households with children

32%

Childcare

1.0 km

Secondary school

1.5 km

Residents under 15

14%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Oude Pekela looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4522%
NL median 22%
45–6528%
NL median 28%
65+25%
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
38% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
32% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
794 — 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 Oude Pekela a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Oude Pekela comes out at 27 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 Oude Pekela?

In Oude Pekela the police recorded 243 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (27 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 Oude Pekela calculated?

Oude Pekela scores 3.5 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 Oude Pekela 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.