neighbourhood in Súdwest-Fryslân

Heeg

2,060 residents · postal code 8621 · Part of Zuid IJlst, Súdwest-Fryslân

Top 42% in the Netherlands

Safe streets, thinner wallets

Water covers more than a sixth of the surface of Heeg, against a national median of under one per cent. Together with sparse building and ambient noise six decibels below the national middle, that brings quiet & nature to 7.6 — despite a tree canopy that stays far below the median.

The wealth & income pillar of 3.9 has a signal of its own: vacancy runs at twice the national middle. Combined with a property value well below the median and a wide bottom income group, that produces the lowest score in the neighbourhood.

Families stalls at 5.8 even though the primary school is five hundred metres away. So the score lies in the population: the share of residents under fifteen is below the national middle and a quarter are 65 or over.

no. 5,423 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 20 of 141 in Súdwest-Fryslân

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Is Heeg a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Heeg comes out at 14 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Heeg is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.

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Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

14.0 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.7 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.1 per 1,000

Property crime

3.3 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 33 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

0.6 km

GP practice

0.5 km

Train station

6.0 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

9.8 km

Café

0.6 km

Library

9.7 km

Motorway ramp

3.9 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

€ 328,000

Welfare recipients

9.7 per 1,000

High incomes

16%

Low incomes

43%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

67%

Social housing

25%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

86%

Built after 2000

18%

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

1,520 inw/km²

Noise level

46 dB

Green surroundings

50%

Trees nearby

Water share

18%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

392

Fine particles (PM2.5)

6.2 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

0.5 km

Households with children

29%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

9.1 km

Residents under 15

12%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

0–1512%
NL median 14%
15–2513%
NL median 11%
25–4521%
NL median 22%
45–6529%
NL median 28%
65+25%
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
39% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
29% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,520 — far 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 Heeg a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Heeg comes out at 14 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Heeg 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 Heeg?

In Heeg the police recorded 33 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (14 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 Heeg calculated?

Heeg scores 6.9 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 Heeg 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.