neighbourhood in Súdwest-Fryslân
Bolsward-Noordoost
3,815 residents · postal code 8701 · Part of Bolsward, Súdwest-Fryslân
Plenty of space, less prosperity
The supermarket in Bolsward-Noordoost is a kilometre and a half away, the GP a little further and the railway station nearly eleven. For the amenities pillar that explains a 4.5: supermarket and GP together make up a good forty per cent of that calculation, and it is precisely those two that lie far off here.
Set against that is one of the quietest and greenest profiles on this page. A good two thirds of the area within three hundred metres is green, against a little over half nationally, noise sits a good three decibels below the Dutch median and there is more water than in the average neighbourhood. Only the canopy lags behind: of all that greenery only a fraction is tree cover.
Among the offences the total sits well below the Dutch median, with only vandalism above it. The share of households with children comes out above the national figure, but the primary school is nine hundred metres away — for that pillar, which largely measures distance, that is the brake on an otherwise strong neighbourhood.
- no. 7,258 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 44 of 141 in Súdwest-Fryslân
How Bolsward-Noordoost scores
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Is Bolsward-Noordoost a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Bolsward-Noordoost comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Bolsward-Noordoost 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, 64 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 Bolsward-Noordoost looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1516%
NL median 14%
- 15–2513%
NL median 11%
- 25–4518%
NL median 22%
- 45–6529%
NL median 28%
- 65+23%
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
2.4 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
26% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
40% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,380 — 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 Bolsward-Noordoost a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Bolsward-Noordoost comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Bolsward-Noordoost 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 Bolsward-Noordoost?
In Bolsward-Noordoost the police recorded 64 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (15 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-Noordoost calculated?
Bolsward-Noordoost scores 5.8 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 Bolsward-Noordoost 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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