neighbourhood in Steenwijkerland
Oostermeenthe
3,055 residents · postal code 8332 · Part of Steenwijk, Steenwijkerland
Everything for children close by, thinner wallets
All but one of Oostermeenthe's scores sit above the national median; wealth & income pulls them down. That 3.0 runs across the board: property values are more than a third below the national median, few high-income households live here and many low-income ones, and both social assistance and vacancy sit above the median.
Even so, it is safe. Violence, theft and vandalism all stay below the national median; only burglary sits well above it, and that is the one thing a resident here has to reckon with.
The primary school is around the corner and children live in almost two in five households; that combination produces an 8.6. Anyone moving here trades spending power for proximity and a quiet street, not the other way round.
- no. 5,268 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 18 of 78 in Steenwijkerland
How Oostermeenthe scores
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Is Oostermeenthe a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Oostermeenthe comes out at 16 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Oostermeenthe is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 50 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
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The figures ⌄Amenities
Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄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.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Quiet & nature
How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
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
The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Tick = Dutch median
Who lives here
The age profile of Oostermeenthe looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1517%
NL median 14%
- 15–2513%
NL median 11%
- 25–4525%
NL median 22%
- 45–6524%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
31% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
39% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,962 — 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 Oostermeenthe a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Oostermeenthe comes out at 16 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Oostermeenthe is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Oostermeenthe?
In Oostermeenthe the police recorded 50 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (16 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 Oostermeenthe calculated?
Oostermeenthe 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 Oostermeenthe 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.
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