neighbourhood in Tytsjerksteradiel
Burgum
9,815 residents · postal code 9251 · Part of Burgum, Tytsjerksteradiel
Burgum is a Frisian village in the municipality of Tytsjerksteradiel, loosely built at 2,500 residents per square kilometre with 78 per cent single-family homes. Safety scores 7.2 and, at close to 21 crimes per thousand, crime sits below the national median. Over a quarter of residents are aged over 65. Amenities (5.6) and wealth (3.4) lag behind, the first partly through distance: the train station lies more than five kilometres away.
- no. 8,369 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 24 of 31 in Tytsjerksteradiel
How Burgum scores
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The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 255 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.
Tick = Dutch median
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.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Quiet & nature
How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
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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The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Tick = Dutch median
Who lives here
The age profile of Burgum looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–2512%
NL median 11%
- 25–4520%
NL median 22%
- 45–6526%
NL median 28%
- 65+27%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
36% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
32% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,464 — around the 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
How is the grade for Burgum calculated?
Burgum scores 5.2 as its total score. That grade is a national position: we weigh four equally heavy scores — safety, amenities, wealth & income and quiet & nature — and see where Burgum lands among every neighbourhood in the Netherlands. So it is not the mean of the four grades, but a place in the queue. All from open data published by CBS and the police.
Is Burgum a safe neighbourhood?
Burgum scores 7.2 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (21.0 per year). The national median is around 24.1.
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Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Tytsjerksteradiel.
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