neighbourhood in Stadskanaal

Parkwijk

2,600 residents · postal code 9503 · Part of Stadskanaal, Stadskanaal

Bottom 18% in the Netherlands

Plenty of space, less prosperity

Parkwijk in Stadskanaal comes out at an overall 3.8, and that is almost entirely the work of one pillar. The 2.9 for wealth & income has no soft side: property value is far below the national median, almost half of households belong to the bottom income group, the social assistance rate is a multiple of the median and vacancy sits above it too.

Against that stands a 7.5 for quiet & nature, the strongest figure here: it is quiet and the tree canopy is above the national median. And the amenities score of 6.3 hides a lopsided picture — supermarket, GP, restaurant and school are close by, but the railway station is nearly seventeen kilometres away. Anyone living here without a car depends on the bus for everything outside the village.

no. 10,765 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 16 of 27 in Stadskanaal

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Is Parkwijk a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Parkwijk comes out at 28 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

27.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.6 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.9 per 1,000

Property crime

5.8 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.3 per 1,000

In 2025, 88 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

0.9 km

GP practice

1.3 km

Train station

16.9 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

2.5 km

Café

0.9 km

Library

1.5 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

€ 274,000

Welfare recipients

38.5 per 1,000

High incomes

11%

Low incomes

48%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

51%

Social housing

45%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

72%

Built after 2000

14%

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

2,219 inw/km²

Noise level

49 dB

Green surroundings

44%

Trees nearby

12%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,277

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

0.7 km

Households with children

28%

Childcare

1.0 km

Secondary school

0.7 km

Residents under 15

12%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

0–1512%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4521%
NL median 22%
45–6529%
NL median 28%
65+26%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
42% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
28% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,219 — around the 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 Parkwijk a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Parkwijk comes out at 28 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 Parkwijk?

In Parkwijk the police recorded 88 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (28 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 Parkwijk calculated?

Parkwijk scores 3.8 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 Parkwijk 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.