neighbourhood in Urk
De Staart
5,835 residents · postal code 8322 · Part of Urk, Urk
Safe, but not spacious
A 10.0 for safety is rare in the Netherlands: De Staart on Urk stands in the national top hundred on that component. All four separately counted types of offence are far below the national middle, residential burglary even at a fraction of it.
Even more striking is the population structure. In two thirds of households children live, an outlier you find in few neighbourhoods, and together with a primary school round the corner that produces a 9.6 for families. Alongside that stands a combination you rarely see: the share of households with a low income is considerably above the Dutch line, while social assistance use stays well below it. What this neighbourhood costs is accessibility — the nearest station is twenty-four kilometres away.
- no. 1,724 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 2 of 10 in Urk
How De Staart scores
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Is De Staart a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Staart comes out at 9 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: De Staart 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.
In 2025, 51 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
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
De Staart has strikingly many children under 15: 32%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1532%
NL median 14%
- 15–2517%
NL median 11%
- 25–4529%
NL median 22%
- 45–6517%
NL median 28%
- 65+5%
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
3.6 — far larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
16% — far fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
68% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
7,705 — 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 De Staart a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Staart comes out at 9 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: De Staart 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 De Staart?
In De Staart the police recorded 51 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (9 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 De Staart calculated?
De Staart 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 De Staart 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.
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