neighbourhood in Almelo

Zeven Bosjes

1,185 residents · postal code 7609 · Part of Windmolenbroek, Almelo

Top 28% in the Netherlands

Safe, but not spacious

Burglary in Zeven Bosjes runs at more than five times the usual national rate, while violence sits far below it and so does theft. Even so the safety pillar comes to 7.8, because violence carries the heaviest weight and burglary the second heaviest. Anyone living here has little to fear on the street and all the more reason to lock the back door — a profile that fits a neighbourhood of nothing but owner-occupied homes on the edge of town.

The wealth & income pillar reaches 7.7 and that is almost entirely property value, which is just under the national middle but high against the rest of Almelo. The income spread barely differs from the national one, and there is no social assistance in these figures. What is missing is proximity: the station is over three kilometres away.

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no. 13 of 67 in Almelo

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Is Zeven Bosjes a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Zeven Bosjes comes out at 19 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

The figures ⌄

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

18.8 per 1,000

Violent crime

0.8 per 1,000

Burglaries

3.3 per 1,000

Property crime

5.9 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.2 per 1,000

In 2025, 21 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

1.1 km

GP practice

1.5 km

Train station

3.4 km

Restaurant

1.1 km

Hospital

1.5 km

Café

3.2 km

Library

4.5 km

Motorway ramp

2.0 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

€ 394,000

Welfare recipients

0.0 per 1,000

High incomes

20%

Low incomes

32%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

100%

Social housing

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

100%

Built after 2000

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

2,092 inw/km²

Noise level

54 dB

Green surroundings

45%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,056

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.9 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

0.7 km

Households with children

40%

Childcare

0.8 km

Secondary school

2.7 km

Residents under 15

15%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Zeven Bosjes looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1515%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4518%
NL median 22%
45–6532%
NL median 28%
65+23%
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
2.5 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
19% — far fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
40% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,092 — less 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 Zeven Bosjes a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Zeven Bosjes comes out at 19 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Zeven Bosjes?

In Zeven Bosjes the police recorded 21 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (19 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 Zeven Bosjes calculated?

Zeven Bosjes scores 7.9 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 Zeven Bosjes 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.