The districts of Waadhoeke
Waadhoeke has 46,855 residents (2026), spread across 42 districts and 103 neighbourhoods.
Safe streets, thinner wallets
Waadhoeke comes out at 5.3 as a municipality — better than 37% of Dutch neighbourhoods. Safety lifts that grade with 7.2; wealth and income hold it back at 4.1. The highest neighbourhood grades sit in Franeker Witzens (9.7), the lowest in Westhoek (2.6). That is 7.1 points of difference inside one municipality.
Key figures for Waadhoeke
- residents
- 46,855
- districts
- 42
- neighbourhoods
- 103
- km² of land
- 285
How Waadhoeke 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, 1,032 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
The safest neighbourhoods in Waadhoeke →The most dangerous neighbourhoods in Waadhoeke →
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 Waadhoeke looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4522%
NL median 22%
- 45–6528%
NL median 28%
- 65+24%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
35% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
32% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,268 — around the 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 Waadhoeke, weighted by population.
Strongest neighbourhoods
The best neighbourhoods in Waadhoeke →Franeker Witzens
Waadhoeke
Dronryp Oost
Waadhoeke
Franeker 't War
Waadhoeke
Deinum
Waadhoeke
Winsum
Waadhoeke
St.-Annaparochie Noordwest
Waadhoeke
Weakest neighbourhoods
The worst and the safest districts of Waadhoeke
The worst districts of Waadhoeke 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 Waadhoeke: the neighbourhoods with the most registered crime.
- The safest areas of Waadhoeke: the same measurement, the other end of the list.
- All rankings for Waadhoeke →
Other rankings
The 42 districts of Waadhoeke with a grade
Sorted by total grade
- 1Winsum8.1
- 2Deinum8.1
- 3Dronryp7.8
- 4Berltsum6.6
- 5Minnertsga5.9
- 6Franeker5.6
- 7Sexbierum5.5
- 8Wjelsryp5.3
- 9Bitgummole5.2
- 10Nij Altoenae5.2
- 11Menaam5.1
- 12St.-Annaparochie5.0
- 13Ried4.6
- 14Tzummarum4.3
- 15Tzum4.2
- 16Vrouwenparochie4.2
- 17Achlum4.1
- 18St.-Jacobiparochie4.0
- 19Bitgum4.0
- 20Baaium4.0
- 21Oudebildtzijl3.8
- 22Slappeterp3.8
- 23Zweins3.5
- 24Peins3.3
- 25Wier3.2
- 26Schalsum3.1
- 27Spannum3.0
- 28Pietersbierum3.0
- 29Skingen3.0
- 30Marsum2.9
- 31Boer2.9
- 32Boksum2.8
- 33Blessum2.8
- 34Oosterbierum2.7
- 35Dongjum2.7
- 36Ingelum2.7
- 37Herbaijum2.7
- 38Hitzum2.7
- 39Firdgum2.7
- 40Westhoek2.6
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