neighbourhood in Westerkwartier
Marum
5,500 residents · postal code 9363 · Part of Marum, Westerkwartier
Safe streets, thinner wallets
Marum shows how far apart two pillars can run. For safety there is a 8.9: violence, burglary, theft and vandalism all lie at or below the national level, and for theft it is a matter of less than half. For wealth there is a 4.4, and that comes down to the property value — which lies far below the national middle — and to a top income group that is more thinly occupied than usual.
The quiet figure deserves a caveat. Seventy per cent of the surroundings is green, which would lead you to expect a higher figure than a 6.6. The tree canopy, however, lies exactly at the national level and surface water is absent, and both count as heavily in that pillar as the greenery. For everyday things Marum is self-sufficient; the railway station is sixteen kilometres away.
- no. 5,208 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 25 of 79 in Westerkwartier
How Marum scores
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Is Marum a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Marum comes out at 16 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Marum 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, 109 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
The age profile of Marum looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1516%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4524%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
32% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
38% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,207 — 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 Marum a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Marum comes out at 16 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Marum 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 Marum?
In Marum the police recorded 109 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (16 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 Marum calculated?
Marum scores 7.0 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 Marum 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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