neighbourhood in Zwolle

Pierik

2,135 residents · postal code 8013 · Part of Assendorp, Zwolle

Bottom 36% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

Pierik has more single-person households than households with children, and yet it scores 8.1 for families. That pillar mostly measures distance: the primary school is around the corner. Anyone going by the number expects a neighbourhood with many children and does not find one — the share of young residents is below the national median.

Alongside property value, the 3.5 for wealth & income has one clear cause: the number of residents on social assistance is many times the national median. Vacancy is in fact low, and the share of high incomes deviates less than a score like that suggests.

Safety stands at 4.2, and the breakdown points one way: violence and burglary are above the national median, property crime barely so. That is a different profile from a neighbourhood where mainly things disappear; here the score rests on the violence figure, which carries the most weight in this pillar.

no. 8,412 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 43 of 73 in Zwolle

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Is Pierik a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Pierik comes out at 27 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood.

The figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

26.6 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.4 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.3 per 1,000

Property crime

9.9 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.6 per 1,000

In 2025, 74 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.

Supermarket

0.8 km

GP practice

0.4 km

Train station

2.4 km

Restaurant

0.4 km

Hospital

2.1 km

Café

0.4 km

Library

2.1 km

Motorway ramp

3.1 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

€ 300,000

Welfare recipients

51.5 per 1,000

High incomes

13%

Low incomes

42%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

32%

Social housing

64%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

74%

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

3,448 inw/km²

Noise level

55 dB

Green surroundings

41%

Trees nearby

12%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,990

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.6 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

26%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

0.3 km

Residents under 15

14%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Pierik has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 35%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4535%
NL median 22%
45–6527%
NL median 28%
65+15%
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
1.8 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
54% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
26% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,448 — 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 Pierik a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Pierik comes out at 27 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Pierik?

In Pierik the police recorded 74 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (27 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 Pierik calculated?

Pierik scores 5.2 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 Pierik 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.