neighbourhood in Steenwijkerland

De gagels

1,780 residents · postal code 8331 · Part of Steenwijk, Steenwijkerland

Top 41% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, thinner wallets

The most striking figure for De gagels is not in the pillars but underneath them: the social assistance rate here is more than seven times the national median. Together with property values far below the middle and more than half of households on a low income, that produces 2.8 for wealth & income, among the lowest in the country.

The rest of the picture points elsewhere. Safety stands at 8.3, with violence, burglary and theft all three below the national median and only vandalism above it. And the families pillar reaches 9.2, carried by a primary school four hundred metres away and a share of children above the national level. Living here means having things close: GP and school around the corner, the station two kilometres off.

no. 5,289 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 19 of 78 in Steenwijkerland

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Is De gagels a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, De gagels comes out at 21 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer 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

20.7 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.2 per 1,000

Property crime

5.0 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.1 per 1,000

In 2025, 40 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

1.6 km

GP practice

0.4 km

Train station

2.0 km

Restaurant

1.4 km

Hospital

2.2 km

Café

1.3 km

Library

1.2 km

Motorway ramp

2.6 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

€ 251,000

Welfare recipients

56.2 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

51%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

43%

Social housing

55%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

79%

Built after 2000

13%

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

2,059 inw/km²

Noise level

54 dB

Green surroundings

59%

Trees nearby

11%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

935

Fine particles (PM2.5)

6.8 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

0.3 km

Secondary school

1.4 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–2513%
NL median 11%
25–4524%
NL median 22%
45–6526%
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
40% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
33% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,059 — 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 De gagels a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, De gagels comes out at 21 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in De gagels?

In De gagels the police recorded 40 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (21 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 De gagels calculated?

De gagels scores 7.0 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 De gagels 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.