neighbourhood in Stadskanaal

Maarswold

2,110 residents · postal code 9501 · Part of Stadskanaal, Stadskanaal

Bottom 16% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, thinner wallets

Every component of the wealth & income pillar points the same way in Maarswold. The share of households on a high income sits at a fraction of the national level, the share on a low income well above it, property values far below, and the social assistance rate at nearly eight times the median. Only vacancy is ordinary. A 2.6 with so little counterweight is rare.

Set against that is a 7.8 for families, and it needs reading carefully. School and childcare distance together make up almost two thirds of that pillar, and the primary school is close by. The share of children is exactly average nationally, and more than one in three residents is over sixty-five. The score measures location, not the make-up of the population.

Among the offences, vandalism and violence stand out; burglary and property crime stay at or below the national median.

no. 11,065 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 17 of 27 in Stadskanaal

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Is Maarswold a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Maarswold comes out at 29 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

29.3 per 1,000

Violent crime

4.0 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.9 per 1,000

Property crime

4.0 per 1,000

Vandalism

4.3 per 1,000

In 2025, 68 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

0.6 km

GP practice

0.5 km

Train station

16.8 km

Restaurant

0.7 km

Hospital

2.3 km

Café

0.9 km

Library

0.9 km

Motorway ramp

1.9 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

€ 221,000

Welfare recipients

61.6 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

60%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

22%

Social housing

58%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

59%

Built after 2000

12%

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

4,293 inw/km²

Noise level

52 dB

Green surroundings

41%

Trees nearby

13%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,590

Fine particles (PM2.5)

6.5 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

0.6 km

Households with children

29%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

0.4 km

Residents under 15

15%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Maarswold has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 35%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1515%
NL median 14%
15–259%
NL median 11%
25–4520%
NL median 22%
45–6521%
NL median 28%
65+35%
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
1.9 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
48% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
29% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,293 — 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 Maarswold a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Maarswold comes out at 29 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 Maarswold?

In Maarswold the police recorded 68 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (29 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 Maarswold calculated?

Maarswold scores 3.7 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 Maarswold 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.