neighbourhood in Westerveld
Havelte
3,190 residents · postal code 7971 · Part of Havelte, Westerveld
Spacious and quiet, but not set up for children
Havelte has the space most Dutch neighbourhoods lack: a density under a thousand residents per square kilometre, greenery and tree canopy both well above the national middle, and a sound level below it. That is where the 8.9 for quiet & nature comes from, and it is rare.
It is paid for in travel time. The primary school and the GP are close by, but the railway station is almost ten kilometres away, and that pushes the amenities pillar down to a 6.1 while the daily shopping is simply around the corner. The score measures distance, not supply.
The 4.4 for families does not come from the school distance — that is short. It is the make-up of the population: a third of residents are 65 or over and the share of children stays small. The wealth & income column is divided as well: the share of high incomes sits exactly on the national middle, while low incomes and social assistance both lie above it.
- no. 4,924 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 3 of 42 in Westerveld
How Havelte scores
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Is Havelte a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Havelte comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Havelte 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, 56 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
Havelte has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 34%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4516%
NL median 22%
- 45–6526%
NL median 28%
- 65+34%
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
34% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
29% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
992 — 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 Havelte a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Havelte comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Havelte 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 Havelte?
In Havelte the police recorded 56 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 Havelte calculated?
Havelte scores 7.2 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 Havelte 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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