neighbourhood in Westerwolde

Vlagtwedde

1,985 residents · postal code 9541 · Part of Vlagtwedde, Westerwolde

Top 48% in the Netherlands

Safe streets, thinner wallets

Few places combine a 9.7 for safety with a 2.8 for wealth & income the way Vlagtwedde does. On the safe side all four categories of offence sit below the national median, with burglary at a fraction of it; on the other side stands a property value at under sixty per cent of the median, social assistance at nearly four times the national rate, and half of households in the lowest income group.

The overall score of 6.4 therefore conceals two extremes, since it is not the average of what you see here but of five pillars pointing in all directions. For families the counter stops at 4.9 while the primary school is seven hundred metres away; the share of children is small and a third of residents are 65 or over. So that is a figure about who lives there, not about how far the walk is.

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no. 5 of 57 in Westerwolde

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Is Vlagtwedde a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Vlagtwedde comes out at 18 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

The figures ⌄

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

17.8 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.2 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.1 per 1,000

Property crime

4.4 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.4 per 1,000

In 2025, 39 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

0.6 km

GP practice

0.5 km

Train station

14.5 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

14.8 km

Café

5.4 km

Library

0.7 km

Motorway ramp

0.3 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

€ 255,000

Welfare recipients

30.2 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

49%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

51%

Social housing

39%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

78%

Built after 2000

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

1,048 inw/km²

Noise level

48 dB

Green surroundings

48%

Trees nearby

10%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

347

Fine particles (PM2.5)

6.1 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

27%

Childcare

0.7 km

Secondary school

5.8 km

Residents under 15

14%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Vlagtwedde has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 33%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–258%
NL median 11%
25–4520%
NL median 22%
45–6526%
NL median 28%
65+33%
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
40% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
27% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,048 — 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 Vlagtwedde a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Vlagtwedde comes out at 18 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Vlagtwedde?

In Vlagtwedde the police recorded 39 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (18 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 Vlagtwedde calculated?

Vlagtwedde scores 6.4 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 Vlagtwedde 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.