neighbourhood in Súdwest-Fryslân
Bolsward-Noord
1,930 residents · postal code 8701 · Part of Bolsward, Súdwest-Fryslân
Everything for children close by, thinner wallets
Vandalism occurs in Bolsward-Noord more than three times as often as in the average Dutch neighbourhood, and property crime nearly twice as often. Violence is also above; only burglary stays below the median. That combination produces a 4.1 for safety and says something about where things go wrong: on the street and on the outside of homes, not inside them.
The wealth & income pillar stands at 2.9. The social assistance rate is almost ten times the national middle, the property value far below it, and the top income group is barely present. Vacancy, on the other hand, is minimal — the one component that does not fit that picture.
Against that stands a 9.4 for families, carried by a primary school four hundred metres away and a share of children above the national middle. For a household with children and little to spend, that is a real combination.
- no. 9,533 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 78 of 141 in Súdwest-Fryslân
How Bolsward-Noord scores
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Is Bolsward-Noord a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Bolsward-Noord comes out at 35 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.
In 2025, 84 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
Bolsward-Noord has strikingly many children under 15: 19%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1519%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4526%
NL median 22%
- 45–6521%
NL median 28%
- 65+24%
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
45% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
31% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,908 — 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 Bolsward-Noord a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Bolsward-Noord comes out at 35 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 Bolsward-Noord?
In Bolsward-Noord the police recorded 84 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (35 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 Bolsward-Noord calculated?
Bolsward-Noord scores 4.5 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 Bolsward-Noord 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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