neighbourhood in Súdwest-Fryslân

Koudum

2,605 residents · postal code 8723 · Part of Koudum, Súdwest-Fryslân

Top 22% in the Netherlands

Safe streets, thinner wallets

More than three quarters of the surroundings of Koudum is green and it is noticeably quieter than the national level — that is where the 8.6 for quiet & nature comes from, despite a tree canopy that stays below the median. This is open country, not woodland, and the model rewards that generously here.

The 3.7 for wealth & income stands hard against it and has no component pointing the other way: property value far below the national median, few households in the top income group, almost half in the bottom one, social assistance above the median and vacancy just above it. What the village sets against that is short distances: supermarket, GP, restaurant and primary school are all within a kilometre, which is not a given for a village in inland Friesland.

no. 2,775 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 6 of 141 in Súdwest-Fryslân

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Is Koudum a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Koudum comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Koudum 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

15.4 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.6 per 1,000

Property crime

4.0 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.8 per 1,000

In 2025, 48 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

0.8 km

Train station

3.2 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

21.7 km

Café

0.6 km

Library

0.7 km

Motorway ramp

1.3 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

€ 326,000

Welfare recipients

15.4 per 1,000

High incomes

11%

Low incomes

47%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

66%

Social housing

27%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

91%

Built after 2000

15%

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

881 inw/km²

Noise level

47 dB

Green surroundings

78%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

398

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

0.6 km

Households with children

29%

Childcare

0.7 km

Secondary school

0.7 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Koudum has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 31%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–259%
NL median 11%
25–4519%
NL median 22%
45–6525%
NL median 28%
65+31%
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
36% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
29% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
881 — 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 Koudum a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Koudum comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Koudum 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 Koudum?

In Koudum the police recorded 48 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 Koudum calculated?

Koudum scores 8.4 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 Koudum 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.