neighbourhood in Westerwolde
Ter Apel
3,965 residents · postal code 9561 · Part of Ter Apel, Westerwolde
Ter Apel is a sprawling Groningen village — 1,543 residents per square kilometre — with a 7.9 for space and quiet and the lowest home values in this set at €247,000. Crime stands out sharply: more than 82 offences per 1,000 people present, over three times the national median, shaped in part by the national asylum reception centre based here. Wealth at 2.9 scores low, and the station is more than sixteen kilometres away.
- no. 11,794 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 33 of 57 in Westerwolde
How Ter Apel scores
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The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 466 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
Ter Apel has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 35%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1511%
NL median 14%
- 15–259%
NL median 11%
- 25–4518%
NL median 22%
- 45–6526%
NL median 28%
- 65+35%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
41% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
26% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,543 — 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
How is the grade for Ter Apel calculated?
Ter Apel scores 3.2 as its total score. That grade is a national position: we weigh four equally heavy scores — safety, amenities, wealth & income and quiet & nature — and see where Ter Apel lands among every neighbourhood in the Netherlands. So it is not the mean of the four grades, but a place in the queue. All from open data published by CBS and the police.
Is Ter Apel a safe neighbourhood?
Ter Apel scores 3.1 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (82.6 per year). The national median is around 24.1.
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