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neighbourhood in Almelo

Schelfhorst Noordwest

2,030 residents · postal code 7608 · Part of Schelfhorst, Almelo

  • no. 10,922 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 37 of 67 in Almelo
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Scores per pillar

Schelfhorst Noordwest is 1970s Almelo construction where the calm is demonstrable: safety 9.3, position 1,301 nationally. The Twente housing market weighs on the numbers — a €245k average value puts housing at 3.3 — and the socio-economic score stays at 3.4. Four in ten households have children. Overall: 3.7.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
0.7 km
General practitioner
1.2 km
Primary school
0.9 km
Secondary school
1.7 km
Childcare
0.7 km
Train station
3.9 km
Hospital
7.2 km
Restaurant
2.0 km
Café
2.4 km
Library
3.6 km

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year (residents plus business activity, see method). Small neighbourhoods are statistically smoothed.

Total crimes
26.3
Violent crimes
0.7
Burglaries
0.1

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 245,000
Owner-occupied
63%
Single-family homes
82%
Built after 2000
0%
Income per resident
–

Who lives here

0–15 18%15–25 10%25–45 27%45–65 26%65+ 20%
Average household size
2.3
Households with children
38%
Single-person households
34%
Residents per km²
6,286

Nearby neighbourhoods

Havezathe

Almelo

3.0

Schelfhorst Noordoost

Almelo

8.3

Drakensteyn en omgeving

Almelo

2.6

Schelfhorst Zuidwest

Almelo

3.3

Aaboer

Almelo

3.1

Schelfhorst Zuidoost

Almelo

6.4

Similar neighbourhoods

Hooiland

Oost Gelre

3.7

Stokebrand, Bagijnenland en Bronsbergen

Zutphen

3.7

Op de Nobel

Heerlen

3.7

Lewenborg-Noord

Groningen

3.7

Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Schelfhorst Noordwest calculated?

Schelfhorst Noordwest scores 3.7 overall. That is a weighted average of five pillars: safety, amenities, housing, social & income, and nature & quiet. Each pillar compares this neighbourhood with every other neighbourhood in the Netherlands, using open data from CBS and the police.

Is Schelfhorst Noordwest a safe neighbourhood?

Schelfhorst Noordwest scores 9.3 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (26.3 per year). The national median is around 24.1.