neighbourhood in Waadhoeke

Bitgum

700 residents · postal code 9044 · Part of Bitgum, Waadhoeke

Bottom 22% in the Netherlands

Safe streets, thinner wallets

A 9.7 for safety next to an overall score of 4.1 — Bitgum shows how little one strong pillar can achieve. All four categories of offence sit below the national median and the total at just over half of it, but amenities and wealth & income drag the average down hard with a 3.5 and a 3.3.

That amenities figure is a matter of driving: the supermarket is more than three kilometres away and the nearest restaurant further still, while the GP and primary school stand at a little over a kilometre. In wealth & income the problem is property value — less than two thirds of the median — and on top of that more than one in ten dwellings stands vacant, almost triple the national level. What the village does have is a young age profile: nearly a fifth of residents are under fifteen, more than is usual nationally.

no. 10,264 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 48 of 90 in Waadhoeke

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Is Bitgum a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Bitgum comes out at 13 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Bitgum 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

13.3 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.3 per 1,000

Property crime

6.1 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 3 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

3.2 km

GP practice

1.3 km

Train station

8.9 km

Restaurant

4.2 km

Hospital

12.0 km

Café

3.0 km

Library

6.0 km

Motorway ramp

1.0 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

€ 265,000

Welfare recipients

14.3 per 1,000

High incomes

14%

Low incomes

43%

Vacancy

11%

Owner-occupied

76%

Social housing

20%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

99%

Built after 2000

18%

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

2,635 inw/km²

Noise level

52 dB

Green surroundings

60%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

173

Fine particles (PM2.5)

6.0 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

1.3 km

Households with children

39%

Childcare

1.2 km

Secondary school

6.1 km

Residents under 15

19%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Bitgum has strikingly many children under 15: 19%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1519%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4523%
NL median 22%
45–6527%
NL median 28%
65+22%
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
2.4 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
27% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
39% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,635 — 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 Bitgum a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Bitgum comes out at 13 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Bitgum 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 Bitgum?

In Bitgum the police recorded 3 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (13 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 Bitgum calculated?

Bitgum scores 4.1 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 Bitgum 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.