neighbourhood in Westerkwartier
Bebouwde kom Tolbert
1,610 residents · postal code 9356 · Part of Tolbert, Westerkwartier
Safe streets, thinner wallets
Bebouwde kom Tolbert scores neither really high nor really low on any pillar; the overall 5.1 is exactly that middling picture. The most interesting figure sits in the crime breakdown: vandalism here is almost twice above the national median, while violence stays at half of it and property crime far below the median. Nuisance in public space therefore weighs more heavily here than theft.
At almost thirteen per cent, the tree canopy is well above the national median, and that is what holds the quiet & nature pillar at 6.3 despite a noise level slightly higher than nationally.
The wealth & income pillar comes out at 4.2, and that result is mixed: property value is below the national median and the social assistance rate a good twice above it, while the income distribution stays close to the national pattern.
- no. 8,506 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 45 of 79 in Westerkwartier
How Bebouwde kom Tolbert scores
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Is Bebouwde kom Tolbert a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Bebouwde kom Tolbert comes out at 19 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.
In 2025, 38 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
Bebouwde kom Tolbert has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 28%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1513%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4521%
NL median 22%
- 45–6527%
NL median 28%
- 65+28%
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
35% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
31% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,463 — far less 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 Bebouwde kom Tolbert a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Bebouwde kom Tolbert comes out at 19 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 Bebouwde kom Tolbert?
In Bebouwde kom Tolbert the police recorded 38 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (19 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 Bebouwde kom Tolbert calculated?
Bebouwde kom Tolbert scores 5.1 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 Bebouwde kom Tolbert 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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