neighbourhood in Westerkwartier

Zuidhorn

7,355 residents · postal code 9801 · Part of Wijk 14, Westerkwartier

Top 16% in the Netherlands

Safe streets, thinner wallets

With a 8.8 Zuidhorn is among the best-scoring neighbourhoods in the country, and the only figure that lags behind is the 5.4 for wealth. That is not down to the incomes: the share of households with a high income lies above the national one, the share with a low income below it, and social assistance barely above it. What drags the pillar down is the property value, by far the heaviest component, which stays below the Dutch middle.

The 9.0 for safety comes about because none of the counted crime types comes out above the national value; the total sticks at almost two thirds of it. That a village with this density also gets a 7.2 for amenities is down to the station: it is more than a kilometre away, while supermarket and GP are somewhat closer.

no. 2,024 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 10 of 79 in Westerkwartier

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Is Zuidhorn a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Zuidhorn comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Zuidhorn 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

15.2 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.3 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.3 per 1,000

Property crime

6.5 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.4 per 1,000

In 2025, 136 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

1.0 km

GP practice

1.0 km

Train station

1.3 km

Restaurant

0.7 km

Hospital

14.0 km

Café

1.1 km

Library

1.0 km

Motorway ramp

0.8 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

€ 352,000

Welfare recipients

9.5 per 1,000

High incomes

22%

Low incomes

35%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

74%

Social housing

19%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

83%

Built after 2000

30%

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

2,574 inw/km²

Noise level

50 dB

Green surroundings

62%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

783

Fine particles (PM2.5)

6.3 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

0.7 km

Households with children

37%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

6.1 km

Residents under 15

18%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Zuidhorn has strikingly many children under 15: 18%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1518%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4521%
NL median 22%
45–6525%
NL median 28%
65+26%
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
31% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
37% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,574 — 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 Zuidhorn a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Zuidhorn comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Zuidhorn 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 Zuidhorn?

In Zuidhorn the police recorded 136 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (15 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 Zuidhorn calculated?

Zuidhorn scores 8.8 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 Zuidhorn 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.