neighbourhood in Súdwest-Fryslân

Noorderhoek II

3,415 residents · postal code 8602 · Part of Sneek, Súdwest-Fryslân

Bottom 38% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, thinner wallets

Noorderhoek II combines a density among the lower ones in the country with a social assistance rate nearly nine times the national median. Space and poverty do not exclude each other, and this neighbourhood proves it.

The wealth & income pillar drops to 3.1, and that runs right across. Property values are two thirds of the Dutch middle, more than half of households have a low income and the share of high incomes is far below the median. Low vacancy is the only component pointing the other way.

The safety pillar is made by violence: nearly four times the national middle, while burglary stays well below the median. That is a different kind of insecurity than a high total alone suggests, and it is the side you notice in the street.

no. 8,171 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 61 of 141 in Súdwest-Fryslân

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Is Noorderhoek II a safe neighbourhood?

The figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

39.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

8.4 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.3 per 1,000

Property crime

15.2 per 1,000

Vandalism

5.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 178 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

1.3 km

Train station

1.0 km

Restaurant

1.6 km

Hospital

1.8 km

Café

1.7 km

Library

1.7 km

Motorway ramp

2.0 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

€ 276,000

Welfare recipients

67.3 per 1,000

High incomes

11%

Low incomes

51%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

30%

Social housing

64%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

61%

Built after 2000

28%

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

1,631 inw/km²

Noise level

51 dB

Green surroundings

66%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,320

Fine particles (PM2.5)

6.3 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

37%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

1.0 km

Residents under 15

18%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Noorderhoek II has strikingly few residents aged 65 and over: 13%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1518%
NL median 14%
15–2515%
NL median 11%
25–4527%
NL median 22%
45–6527%
NL median 28%
65+13%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
40% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
37% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,631 — 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 Noorderhoek II a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Noorderhoek II comes out at 40 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Noorderhoek II is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes. 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 Noorderhoek II?

In Noorderhoek II the police recorded 178 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (40 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 Noorderhoek II calculated?

Noorderhoek II scores 5.3 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 Noorderhoek II 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.