The districts of Noordoostpolder
Noordoostpolder has 50,810 residents (2026), spread across 13 districts and 50 neighbourhoods.
Safe streets, thinner wallets
As a municipality, Noordoostpolder sits at 6.3, better than 50% of the neighbourhoods in the Netherlands. Safety lifts that grade with 7.3; wealth and income hold it back at 5.1. The highest neighbourhood grades sit in Emmeloord-de Erven (9.1), the lowest in Luttelgeest-landelijk gebied (2.7). That is 6.4 points of difference inside one municipality.
Key figures for Noordoostpolder
- residents
- 50,810
- districts
- 13
- neighbourhoods
- 50
- km² of land
- 458
How Noordoostpolder 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, 1,452 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
The safest neighbourhoods in Noordoostpolder →The most dangerous neighbourhoods in Noordoostpolder →
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 Noordoostpolder looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1517%
NL median 14%
- 15–2513%
NL median 11%
- 25–4526%
NL median 22%
- 45–6526%
NL median 28%
- 65+19%
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
35% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,591 — 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. Average of the neighbourhoods in Noordoostpolder, weighted by population.
Strongest neighbourhoods
The best neighbourhoods in Noordoostpolder →Emmeloord-de Erven
Noordoostpolder
Emmeloord-Emmelhage-Boswonen
Noordoostpolder
Tollebeek-woonkern
Noordoostpolder
Emmeloord-Espelervaart-Espelervaart West
Noordoostpolder
Ens-woonkern
Noordoostpolder
Emmeloord-Waterland
Noordoostpolder
Weakest neighbourhoods
Luttelgeest-landelijk gebied
Noordoostpolder
Emmeloord-Centrum-Tussen Gracht en Vaart
Noordoostpolder
Emmeloord-Centrum-Centrum Oost
Noordoostpolder
The worst and the safest districts of Noordoostpolder
The worst districts of Noordoostpolder are in one ranking, the safest in the other. Both are built on registered crimes per 1,000 people present, not on reputation.
- The worst and most dangerous areas of Noordoostpolder: the neighbourhoods with the most registered crime.
- The safest areas of Noordoostpolder: the same measurement, the other end of the list.
- All rankings for Noordoostpolder →
Other rankings
The 13 districts of Noordoostpolder with a grade
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