neighbourhood in Apeldoorn
De Heeze
2,400 residents · postal code 7335 · Part of Zuidwest, Apeldoorn
Everything close by, little to spend
Everything is close by here: supermarket, GP and restaurant are within seven hundred metres, and that gives De Heeze a 9.1 for amenities. The 3.9 for wealth & income comes from a different direction. The social assistance rate is more than four times above the national median, and after property value that is the heaviest component of the pillar.
In the crime figures the neighbourhood is quieter than average. Only burglary stands out, at double the median; violence, vandalism and property crime all stay below it. That is exactly the reverse of what a city neighbourhood with many passers-by shows.
The 4.0 for quiet & nature belongs with that same amenities score: where everything is within walking distance, greenery in the surroundings is scarcer than is usual nationally.
- no. 5,952 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 48 of 87 in Apeldoorn
How De Heeze scores
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Is De Heeze a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Heeze comes out at 20 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.
In 2025, 56 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
The age profile of De Heeze looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–259%
NL median 11%
- 25–4526%
NL median 22%
- 45–6527%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
44% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
30% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
7,386 — 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 De Heeze a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Heeze comes out at 20 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 De Heeze?
In De Heeze the police recorded 56 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (20 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 De Heeze calculated?
De Heeze scores 6.6 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 De Heeze 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.
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Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Apeldoorn.
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