neighbourhood in Terneuzen

Noordpolder

2,540 residents · postal code 4532 · Part of Terneuzen Noord, Terneuzen

Bottom 27% in the Netherlands

Safe, but not spacious

More than four in ten residents of Noordpolder are 65 or older, and still the families pillar stands at 6.5. That score mostly measures distances, and the primary school here is five hundred metres away; whether children live there counts for far less.

Property value is the neighbourhood's most striking figure: it is little more than half the national median. Together with more low incomes than average and vacancy above the midpoint, that produces a 3.6 for wealth & income, while social assistance is exactly at the national average.

Safety, by contrast, is a strong point at 7.9. Violence, burglary and theft are all less common than in the average Dutch neighbourhood; only vandalism is slightly above the median. The railway station is nearly thirty kilometres away, the longest distance this neighbourhood has.

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no. 11 of 36 in Terneuzen

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Is Noordpolder a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Noordpolder 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

21.5 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.6 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.4 per 1,000

Property crime

7.5 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 60 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

0.8 km

GP practice

0.9 km

Train station

28.3 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

4.0 km

Café

1.3 km

Library

1.4 km

Motorway ramp

3.3 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

€ 247,000

Welfare recipients

7.9 per 1,000

High incomes

14%

Low incomes

42%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

69%

Social housing

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

45%

Built after 2000

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

4,453 inw/km²

Noise level

51 dB

Green surroundings

34%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,862

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

18%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

1.6 km

Residents under 15

11%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Noordpolder has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 43%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1511%
NL median 14%
15–256%
NL median 11%
25–4519%
NL median 22%
45–6521%
NL median 28%
65+43%
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
1.8 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
47% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
18% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,453 — 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 Noordpolder a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Noordpolder 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 Noordpolder?

In Noordpolder the police recorded 60 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 Noordpolder calculated?

Noordpolder scores 4.5 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 Noordpolder 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.