neighbourhood in Weststellingwerf

Wolvega-De Heidepolle

1,755 residents · postal code 8471 · Part of Wolvega, Weststellingwerf

Top 48% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, thinner wallets

The primary school in Wolvega-De Heidepolle is five hundred metres away, the supermarket and the GP more than twice as far. That difference shows in two scores: a 9.1 for families against a 5.5 for amenities.

The number of reported offences is well below the national median and theft is almost absent; only violence is above the median, which keeps safety at a 7.3 rather than higher. Equally striking is the combination of quiet & nature and wealth & income: it is quieter here than average and the tree canopy is thicker than nationally, while the wealth pillar stays at 3.4 because of a low property value and a rate of social assistance far above the median. Vacancy, by contrast, is minimal.

no. 6,225 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 15 of 62 in Weststellingwerf

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Is Wolvega-De Heidepolle a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Wolvega-De Heidepolle comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Wolvega-De Heidepolle is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.

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Safety

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

Total crime

14.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.3 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.6 per 1,000

Property crime

3.3 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 23 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

1.3 km

GP practice

1.5 km

Train station

2.3 km

Restaurant

1.3 km

Hospital

13.2 km

Café

1.4 km

Library

1.9 km

Motorway ramp

1.2 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

€ 264,000

Welfare recipients

34.2 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

47%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

63%

Social housing

35%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

97%

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

3,977 inw/km²

Noise level

46 dB

Green surroundings

49%

Trees nearby

10%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

976

Fine particles (PM2.5)

6.6 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

0.5 km

Households with children

36%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

0.7 km

Residents under 15

17%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Wolvega-De Heidepolle looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1517%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4522%
NL median 22%
45–6527%
NL median 28%
65+23%
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
34% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
36% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,977 — far 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 Wolvega-De Heidepolle a safe neighbourhood?

How much crime is there in Wolvega-De Heidepolle?

In Wolvega-De Heidepolle the police recorded 23 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 Wolvega-De Heidepolle calculated?

Wolvega-De Heidepolle 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 Wolvega-De Heidepolle 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.