A safe neighborhood
Together with you, we make neighborhoods and villages safer. This page tells you how.
Burgernet
The municipality and the police work daily to ensure safety on the streets. But you can also help by participating in Burgernet! In case of an acute situation, such as a missing person, robbery or theft in your area, you will be notified. And you can report it if you have seen something. Click here for more information.
Neighbor dispute and neighborhood mediation
Annoyance over noise, children, pets or an improperly parked car? What is normal for one neighbor is disturbing for another. Do you have a conflict with neighbors or fellow neighbors and can't work it out (together)? The website www.problemenmetjeburen.nl provides general information about the 10 most common neighborhood problems and tips for possible solutions.
Free neighborhood mediation
Is all the tips not helping you find a solution? Then make free use of Buurtbemiddeling Opsterland. Whether it's harassment, littering in the street or other nuisances.
Buurtbemiddeling Opsterland deploys trained volunteers who engage in conversation with both parties. Together, you can make agreements to improve the situation and prevent new conflicts.
Click here for more information
Whatsapp neighborhood prevention
Important for a safe and livable neighborhood is the sharing of information between neighborhood residents. A Neighborhood Prevention WhatsApp group can help with this. Neighborhood residents can start such a WhatsApp group themselves. Through WhatsApp, residents can spot suspicious situations together, warn each other, report the suspicious situation to the police and possibly disrupt it.
Residents are extra eyes and ears for the police through the Neighborhood Prevention WhatsApp group. In fact, most residential burglaries are prevented or solved thanks to attentive neighbors. Click here for more information.
Residential burglary
Residential burglaries, along with violence, street robberies and assaults, are among the so-called "high impact crimes. These crimes greatly infringe on people's privacy and sense of security and on victims of these crimes.
Prevent burglary, take action. More information can be found here.
