neighbourhood in Almelo

Binnenstad Noord

2,405 residents · postal code 7607 · Part of Binnenstad, Almelo

Bottom 4% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, safety lags

Binnenstad Noord in Almelo has one of the lowest overall scores among these neighbourhoods, and that is no surprise once the reports are broken down: theft occurs here almost seven times as often as nationally, violence more than five times and vandalism five times. The total is more than five times the national middle.

The 2.9 for wealth & income is just as unambiguous: property value far below the national median, few high incomes, many low ones, social assistance at more than five times the national level and more vacancy than usual.

The 9.3 for amenities is the only high figure, and that is the town centre itself: restaurant, GP and station are all within walking distance. For the more than sixty per cent of residents living alone, that is probably the figure that counts.

no. 12,600 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 61 of 67 in Almelo

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Is Binnenstad Noord a safe 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

126.5 per 1,000

Violent crime

12.7 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.0 per 1,000

Property crime

63.0 per 1,000

Vandalism

11.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 538 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

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Amenities

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Supermarket

0.8 km

GP practice

0.5 km

Train station

0.9 km

Restaurant

0.2 km

Hospital

4.0 km

Café

0.3 km

Library

0.6 km

Motorway ramp

3.6 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

€ 280,000

Welfare recipients

41.6 per 1,000

High incomes

12%

Low incomes

45%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

30%

Social housing

39%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

22%

Built after 2000

19%

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

3,388 inw/km²

Noise level

55 dB

Green surroundings

35%

Trees nearby

12%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,352

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.0 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

1.0 km

Households with children

14%

Childcare

1.1 km

Secondary school

0.9 km

Residents under 15

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Binnenstad Noord has strikingly few children under 15: 7%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–157%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4528%
NL median 22%
45–6526%
NL median 28%
65+30%
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
1.5 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
61% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
14% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,388 — 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 Binnenstad Noord a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Binnenstad Noord comes out at 127 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Binnenstad Noord is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes. One caveat: the figure counts per person present, not per resident. In a neighbourhood with many visitors — a centre, a station, a shopping area — it therefore comes out higher than residents experience. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Binnenstad Noord?

In Binnenstad Noord the police recorded 538 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (127 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 Binnenstad Noord calculated?

Binnenstad Noord scores 2.8 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 Binnenstad Noord 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.