neighbourhood in Terneuzen

Lievenspolder

2,290 residents · postal code 4537 · Part of Terneuzen Noord, Terneuzen

Bottom 9% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

Everything here is around the corner except the train. Supermarket, GP, primary school and restaurant are all within a kilometre, the nearest station almost thirty. Even so Lievenspolder scores 7.8 for amenities: the missing station does not outweigh what is needed daily and is within walking distance.

The 3.1 for quiet & nature does not come from noise. The sound level is more or less at the national middle; what is missing is greenery. Both the green cover within three hundred metres and the tree canopy lag behind the median, and there is no open water. This is a stony neighbourhood in a densely built part of Terneuzen.

Among the offences the emphasis falls on violence and vandalism, both above the national middle, while property crime stays below it. So this is not the pattern of a neighbourhood where mainly things disappear, and that is the difference between a figure you notice on the street and one you notice on your bike lock.

no. 12,006 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 28 of 36 in Terneuzen

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Is Lievenspolder a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Lievenspolder comes out at 28 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more 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

28.0 per 1,000

Violent crime

4.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.5 per 1,000

Property crime

7.2 per 1,000

Vandalism

4.9 per 1,000

In 2025, 83 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

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The figures ⌄

Amenities

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

Supermarket

0.4 km

GP practice

0.7 km

Train station

27.7 km

Restaurant

0.3 km

Hospital

3.7 km

Café

0.8 km

Library

0.9 km

Motorway ramp

2.8 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

€ 202,000

Welfare recipients

26.2 per 1,000

High incomes

14%

Low incomes

41%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

65%

Social housing

19%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

90%

Built after 2000

14%

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

4,677 inw/km²

Noise level

53 dB

Green surroundings

33%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,876

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.0 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

0.4 km

Secondary school

1.2 km

Residents under 15

13%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

0–1513%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4526%
NL median 22%
45–6531%
NL median 28%
65+17%
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
44% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
29% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,677 — 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 Lievenspolder a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Lievenspolder comes out at 28 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. 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 Lievenspolder?

In Lievenspolder the police recorded 83 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (28 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 Lievenspolder calculated?

Lievenspolder scores 3.1 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 Lievenspolder 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.