neighbourhood in Almelo
Nijrees
3,015 residents · postal code 7609 · Part of Windmolenbroek, Almelo
Safe, but everything is a drive away
Nijrees was nine tenths built after the turn of the century and more than half of households have children. It is the latter that carries the 8.2 for families, because distance does not help: the primary school is more than a kilometre and a half away, and in this pillar distance counts for more than any other component.
Those same distances push amenities down to a 5.5. Supermarket and GP are both two kilometres or more away; only the station is close, which is the reverse of the order in most Dutch neighbourhoods.
The rest is markedly strong. Less than half the national level of social assistance is paid out, vacancy is negligible, and all four categories of offence stay below the national median — that comes with a 7.6 and a 9.6.
- no. 885 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 5 of 67 in Almelo
How Nijrees scores
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Is Nijrees a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Nijrees comes out at 11 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Nijrees is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 30 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
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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
Nijrees has strikingly few residents aged 65 and over: 11%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1519%
NL median 14%
- 15–2515%
NL median 11%
- 25–4525%
NL median 22%
- 45–6530%
NL median 28%
- 65+11%
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
2.8 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
16% — far fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
53% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,748 — 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 Nijrees a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Nijrees comes out at 11 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Nijrees is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Nijrees?
In Nijrees the police recorded 30 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (11 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 Nijrees calculated?
Nijrees scores 9.5 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 Nijrees 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.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Almelo
Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Almelo.
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