neighbourhood in Stadskanaal

Maarsveld

2,770 residents · postal code 9502 · Part of Stadskanaal, Stadskanaal

Bottom 45% in the Netherlands

Plenty of space, less prosperity

Maarsveld scores a 9.2 for quiet & nature and earns it across several measurements: the surrounding tree canopy is more than double the national middle, the share of water is many times that of an average neighbourhood and noise sits below the Dutch median. At a density of under fifteen hundred residents per square kilometre, that is the picture of a green, water-rich edge.

Wealth stands in direct opposition, and that holds for every component. Property value is half the national middle, high incomes are all but absent, almost half of households are in the lowest income group and the social assistance rate is more than four times the median. Only vacancy is low.

The 4.4 for safety comes mainly from vandalism, more than double the national middle, and from violence sitting slightly above it. Theft is far below the median — more gets broken here than taken. The station is more than seventeen kilometres away.

no. 7,256 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 6 of 27 in Stadskanaal

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Is Maarsveld a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Maarsveld comes out at 31 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

30.8 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.8 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.9 per 1,000

Property crime

5.5 per 1,000

Vandalism

4.9 per 1,000

In 2025, 99 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

1.4 km

Train station

17.7 km

Restaurant

0.4 km

Hospital

3.1 km

Café

1.8 km

Library

1.7 km

Motorway ramp

2.2 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

€ 214,000

Welfare recipients

36.1 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

48%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

60%

Social housing

32%

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

1,451 inw/km²

Noise level

51 dB

Green surroundings

55%

Trees nearby

20%

Water share

10%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

931

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

0.4 km

Households with children

33%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

1.3 km

Residents under 15

14%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–2513%
NL median 11%
25–4524%
NL median 22%
45–6528%
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
39% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
33% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,451 — 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 Maarsveld a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Maarsveld comes out at 31 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 Maarsveld?

In Maarsveld the police recorded 99 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (31 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 Maarsveld calculated?

Maarsveld scores 5.8 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 Maarsveld 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.