The safest neighbourhoods in Hellendoorn
10.0Number 1 · safetyDe HöfteThe safest neighbourhood in Hellendoorn is De Höfte (10.0), with 12 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present. They cluster in one corner of Hellendoorn: 17 of the 25 in the centre. These are mostly small areas: 13 of the 25 have fewer than 1,000 residents. The national median for recorded crimes is 2 times as high. Of the 36 neighbourhoods in Hellendoorn with a safety grade, 29 reach a 7.0 or higher. Hellendoorn as a whole comes out at a 8.2, against a 6.2 for the middle neighbourhood in the country — one grade for a whole municipality says little about the street you live in.
In the neighbourhood where the average resident of Hellendoorn lives, there are 21 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present — the national median is 24. On this page that ranges from 12 in Daarle to 61 in Nijverdal-Centrum.
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The 10 safest neighbourhoods in Hellendoorn
Number 1
De Höfte
1,255 residents
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- 29.9safety
Kruidenwijk Oost
2,480 residents
15 crimes per 1,000 people present
- 39.8safety
Egede, Elen en Rhaan
820 residents
17 crimes per 1,000 people present
- 49.8safety
Dorp Daarlerveen
810 residents
14 crimes per 1,000 people present
- 59.7safety
Prinsessenwijk
1,305 residents
18 crimes per 1,000 people present
- 69.5safety
Wilhelminawijk
1,255 residents
15 crimes per 1,000 people present
- 79.4safety
Kruidenwijk Noord
1,635 residents
12 crimes per 1,000 people present
- 89.3safety
Daarle
830 residents
12 crimes per 1,000 people present
- 99.3safety
Kruidenwijk Zuid
540 residents
16 crimes per 1,000 people present
- 109.3safety
Marle
550 residents
17 crimes per 1,000 people present
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- 119.1safety
Daarlerveen
400 residents
20 crimes per 1,000 people present
- 129.1safety
Groot Lochter
2,270 residents
20 crimes per 1,000 people present
- 139.0safety
Dorp Daarle
585 residents
18 crimes per 1,000 people present
- 148.8safety
Noetsele I
2,350 residents
14 crimes per 1,000 people present
- 158.8safety
De Noord Es
390 residents
18 crimes per 1,000 people present
- 168.8safety
Noetsele II en III
1,185 residents
18 crimes per 1,000 people present
- 178.5safety
Nijverdal Oost
670 residents
27 crimes per 1,000 people present
- 188.5safety
'n Oaln Diek
835 residents
21 crimes per 1,000 people present
- 198.3safety
Dorp Haarle
1,090 residents
15 crimes per 1,000 people present
- 208.2safety
Haarle
995 residents
21 crimes per 1,000 people present
- 218.1safety
De Blenke
855 residents
22 crimes per 1,000 people present
- 228.0safety
De Blokken
2,090 residents
20 crimes per 1,000 people present
- 237.9safety
De Zuid Es
1,080 residents
21 crimes per 1,000 people present
- 247.5safety
Bloemen-Schilderswijk
1,275 residents
18 crimes per 1,000 people present
- 257.4safety
Hulsen dorp
315 residents
23 crimes per 1,000 people present
- 267.2safety
Hellendoorn-Centrum
480 residents
19 crimes per 1,000 people present
- 277.2safety
't Hexel
465 residents
40 crimes per 1,000 people present
- 287.1safety
Kruidenwijk West
1,360 residents
17 crimes per 1,000 people present
- 297.1safety
Hulsen
725 residents
29 crimes per 1,000 people present
- 306.7safety
Hellendoorn
780 residents
25 crimes per 1,000 people present
- 316.6safety
Konijnenberg
375 residents
24 crimes per 1,000 people present
- 326.3safety
Den Dam
390 residents
24 crimes per 1,000 people present
- 336.2safety
De Brake
1,330 residents
22 crimes per 1,000 people present
- 344.1safety
Kruidenwijk Centrum
250 residents
42 crimes per 1,000 people present
- 353.8safety
Zeeheldenwijk
510 residents
31 crimes per 1,000 people present
- 363.6safety
Nijverdal-Centrum
1,515 residents
61 crimes per 1,000 people present
Frequently asked questions
How is this list ranked?
On the safety grade, which comes from crimes recorded by the police in 2025: violence, burglary, total crime, property crime and vandalism. Each figure is set against the number of people present — residents plus three times the number of business premises.
Why is De Höfte at the top?
De Höfte scores a 10.0 on this list, with 12 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present. That is the highest of every neighbourhood in Hellendoorn that has a grade for this measure.
How often are these figures updated?
The crime figures are from the police for 2025; population, boundaries and the other characteristics come from the CBS neighbourhood statistics for 2025. Both are published once a year; the list is recalculated as soon as a new edition appears.