neighbourhood in Súdwest-Fryslân

Makkum

3,095 residents · postal code 8754 · Part of Makkum, Súdwest-Fryslân

Top 48% in the Netherlands

Safe streets, thinner wallets

Of the four types of offence, one in Makkum rises above the national median: vandalism. Violence, burglary and theft all three stay far below it, and that produces a 9.3 for safety — the highest figure the village has.

Wealth & income lags far behind at a 3.4. Property values and high incomes are below the national middle, low incomes and social assistance above it; only vacancy sits exactly on the median. That is a consistent picture, not a measurement error.

The 5.5 for families needs explaining, because the primary school is close by. The score is pushed down by who lives here: almost a third of residents are 65 or older and the share of children stays below the national picture. And anyone wanting to catch a train first drives a good way out of the village.

no. 6,258 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 31 of 141 in Súdwest-Fryslân

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Is Makkum a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Makkum comes out at 17 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Makkum 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

16.6 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.3 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.1 per 1,000

Property crime

3.8 per 1,000

Vandalism

4.2 per 1,000

In 2025, 65 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

0.7 km

GP practice

0.6 km

Train station

12.1 km

Restaurant

0.8 km

Hospital

14.5 km

Café

0.7 km

Library

0.7 km

Motorway ramp

4.6 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

€ 284,000

Welfare recipients

19.4 per 1,000

High incomes

13%

Low incomes

46%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

64%

Social housing

29%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

89%

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

2,076 inw/km²

Noise level

47 dB

Green surroundings

57%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

501

Fine particles (PM2.5)

6.4 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

28%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

10.4 km

Residents under 15

13%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Makkum has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 30%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1513%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4519%
NL median 22%
45–6528%
NL median 28%
65+30%
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
39% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
28% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,076 — 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 Makkum a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Makkum comes out at 17 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Makkum 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 Makkum?

In Makkum the police recorded 65 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (17 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 Makkum calculated?

Makkum scores 6.4 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 Makkum 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.