neighbourhood in Steenwijkerland

Tuk

2,095 residents · postal code 8334 · Part of Tuk, Steenwijkerland

Top 7% in the Netherlands

Safe, but not spacious

A 10.0 for safety is rare in the Netherlands, and Tuk earns it across the board: violence at a fraction of the national median, burglary all but absent, property crime at barely a third of the median and vandalism well below it.

All the more striking, then, is the 5.0 for quiet & nature in a village setting. The sound level is ordinary and the share of greenery slightly above the median, but there is no water and the tree canopy comes to roughly two thirds of the national level. That pillar rewards woodland and canopy rather than meadow — and canopy is what is missing here.

The supermarket is nearly two kilometres away and the restaurant a little further, while the GP is within six hundred metres. That uneven spread holds amenities at 6.9.

no. 862 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 1 of 78 in Steenwijkerland

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Is Tuk a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Tuk comes out at 10 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Tuk 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.

Total crime

10.2 per 1,000

Violent crime

0.5 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.1 per 1,000

Property crime

3.3 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.4 per 1,000

In 2025, 17 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

1.9 km

GP practice

0.6 km

Train station

2.4 km

Restaurant

2.0 km

Hospital

2.2 km

Café

0.6 km

Library

2.4 km

Motorway ramp

1.0 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

€ 398,000

Welfare recipients

4.8 per 1,000

High incomes

20%

Low incomes

34%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

87%

Social housing

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

100%

Built after 2000

35%

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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

2,459 inw/km²

Noise level

51 dB

Green surroundings

56%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

352

Fine particles (PM2.5)

6.7 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.

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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

0.8 km

Households with children

41%

Childcare

0.7 km

Secondary school

2.8 km

Residents under 15

18%

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Who lives here

Tuk has strikingly many children under 15: 18%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1518%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4523%
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
2.5 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
21% — far fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
41% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,459 — 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 Tuk a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Tuk comes out at 10 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Tuk 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 Tuk?

In Tuk the police recorded 17 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (10 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 Tuk calculated?

Tuk scores 9.5 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 Tuk 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.