neighbourhood in Terneuzen

Othene

4,550 residents · postal code 4533 · Part of Terneuzen Oost, Terneuzen

Top 14% in the Netherlands

Safe, but everything is a drive away

The railway station is thirty kilometres away and the GP more than two and a half — which is why Othene comes out at 4.3 for amenities, while every other score is above 7.5. The supermarket and the primary school are close by, and that is exactly why the families pillar stands at 8.6 despite those distances.

The wealth & income pillar points the same way on every component: property value above the national median, many top incomes, few low ones, hardly any social assistance and little vacancy. Almost all homes are owner-occupied and most were built after 2000.

Among the offences, theft stands out by its absence: the figure is a fraction of the national median. Only burglary occurs more often here than average, and that is the item weighing heaviest after violence in the safety score.

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Is Othene a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Othene comes out at 10 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Othene 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

9.6 per 1,000

Violent crime

0.9 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.1 per 1,000

Property crime

1.6 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 43 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

2.6 km

Train station

30.3 km

Restaurant

2.2 km

Hospital

3.8 km

Café

3.3 km

Library

3.4 km

Motorway ramp

2.5 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

€ 434,000

Welfare recipients

2.2 per 1,000

High incomes

35%

Low incomes

29%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

91%

Social housing

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

94%

Built after 2000

77%

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

3,443 inw/km²

Noise level

46 dB

Green surroundings

53%

Trees nearby

Water share

10%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

690

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.8 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

0.7 km

Households with children

47%

Childcare

0.7 km

Secondary school

2.2 km

Residents under 15

20%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Othene has strikingly many children under 15: 20%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1520%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4524%
NL median 22%
45–6531%
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
2.7 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
16% — far fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
47% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,443 — 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 Othene a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Othene comes out at 10 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Othene 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 Othene?

In Othene the police recorded 43 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (10 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 Othene calculated?

Othene scores 9.0 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 Othene 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.