neighbourhood in Almelo
Schelfhorst Zuidoost
3,110 residents · postal code 7608 · Part of Schelfhorst, Almelo
Safe, but not spacious
Few neighbourhoods in the Netherlands come out this low on reported offences: all four types are below the national median, and the 9.8 for safety follows from that. It is the strongest figure Schelfhorst Zuidoost has.
The other side of it is distance. The GP is more than one and a half kilometres away and the station further still; only the supermarket and the primary school are close. That is where the modest 5.7 for amenities comes from, and it counts just as heavily in the overall score as safety does.
Wealth & income gets stuck at a 4.4. Property values and high incomes are below the national middle, low incomes above it and the social assistance rate well above the median. What the area does have is education close by — the primary school around the corner pulls the families pillar to an 8.3, while almost a third of residents have passed retirement age.
- no. 3,892 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 15 of 67 in Almelo
How Schelfhorst Zuidoost scores
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Is Schelfhorst Zuidoost a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Schelfhorst Zuidoost comes out at 10 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Schelfhorst Zuidoost 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, 29 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
Schelfhorst Zuidoost has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 31%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1513%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4519%
NL median 22%
- 45–6526%
NL median 28%
- 65+31%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
28% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
36% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,465 — 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 Schelfhorst Zuidoost a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Schelfhorst Zuidoost comes out at 10 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Schelfhorst Zuidoost 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 Schelfhorst Zuidoost?
In Schelfhorst Zuidoost the police recorded 29 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (10 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 Schelfhorst Zuidoost calculated?
Schelfhorst Zuidoost scores 7.8 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 Schelfhorst Zuidoost 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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