neighbourhood in Westerwolde
Bellingwolde
2,375 residents · postal code 9695 · Part of Bellingwolde, Westerwolde
Plenty of space, less prosperity
Bellingwolde scores a 9.2 for quiet & nature and a 4.4 for amenities, and that is the same property counted twice: where it is thinly populated, there is plenty of greenery and the noise level is far below the national median, there is also little nearby. The supermarket is more than two kilometres away.
The 3.2 for wealth & income is the weakest score. Only one in ten households belongs to the highest income group, the lowest group is well represented, and property value is far below the national median.
The primary school, by contrast, is close by, and that lifts the families pillar to a 6.3 despite a population of which a quarter is 65 or older.
- no. 8,207 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 10 of 57 in Westerwolde
How Bellingwolde scores
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Is Bellingwolde a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Bellingwolde comes out at 16 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Bellingwolde 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, 42 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 Bellingwolde looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4522%
NL median 22%
- 45–6527%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
36% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
33% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
534 — 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 Bellingwolde a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Bellingwolde comes out at 16 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Bellingwolde 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 Bellingwolde?
In Bellingwolde the police recorded 42 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 Bellingwolde calculated?
Bellingwolde scores 5.3 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 Bellingwolde 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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