neighbourhood in Súdwest-Fryslân

Zwetteplan

2,220 residents · postal code 8603 · Part of Sneek, Súdwest-Fryslân

Top 6% in the Netherlands

Safe, and nowhere really weak

The station in Zwetteplan is nine hundred metres away, closer than the restaurant. That is a ratio you rarely see, and it explains why the amenities pillar reaches a 7.8 while this is otherwise a residential area with no nightlife character.

The safety score of 8.9 has one component running against it: theft is just above the national middle, while violence, burglary and vandalism stay clearly below. That matters little for the score, since violence and burglary weigh most in this pillar, and those two are exactly the low ones here.

The quiet & nature pillar reaches a 7.3 without any single measurement standing out: greenery is slightly above the national middle, noise almost exactly on it. On wealth & income it is the other way round — property values below the median alongside little social assistance and hardly any vacancy give a 6.5, and no single component determines that score.

no. 750 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 2 of 141 in Súdwest-Fryslân

Compare with…View on the map

Do some of these matter more to you than others?

Is Zwetteplan a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Zwetteplan comes out at 21 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

The figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

20.7 per 1,000

Violent crime

0.8 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.4 per 1,000

Property crime

9.8 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.3 per 1,000

In 2025, 53 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

The safest neighbourhoods in Súdwest-Fryslân →The most dangerous neighbourhoods in Súdwest-Fryslân →

The figures ⌄

Amenities

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Supermarket

0.6 km

GP practice

1.0 km

Train station

0.9 km

Restaurant

1.7 km

Hospital

2.7 km

Café

1.8 km

Library

2.0 km

Motorway ramp

0.9 km

Tick = Dutch median

Best amenities in Súdwest-Fryslân →

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.

Property value

€ 383,000

Welfare recipients

4.5 per 1,000

High incomes

19%

Low incomes

35%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

85%

Social housing

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

98%

Built after 2000

22%

Tick = Dutch median

The most affluent neighbourhoods in Súdwest-Fryslân →

The figures ⌄

Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.

Population density

4,004 inw/km²

Noise level

52 dB

Green surroundings

57%

Trees nearby

10%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,290

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

The quietest, greenest neighbourhoods in Súdwest-Fryslân →

The figures ⌄

Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.

Primary school

0.8 km

Households with children

44%

Childcare

0.7 km

Secondary school

1.6 km

Residents under 15

19%

Tick = Dutch median

The best neighbourhoods for families in Súdwest-Fryslân →

Who lives here

Zwetteplan has strikingly many children under 15: 19%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1519%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4522%
NL median 22%
45–6526%
NL median 28%
65+21%
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
2.5 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
20% — far fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
44% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,004 — 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 Zwetteplan a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Zwetteplan comes out at 21 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Zwetteplan?

In Zwetteplan the police recorded 53 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (21 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 Zwetteplan calculated?

Zwetteplan scores 9.6 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 Zwetteplan 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.