neighbourhood in Apeldoorn
De Mheen
3,195 residents · postal code 7322 · Part of Noordoost, Apeldoorn
Safe, but not spacious
The crime picture of De Mheen is less clear-cut than the 8.8 for safety suggests. Violence and burglary sit far below the national middle and property crime just below it — but vandalism is clearly above. That is the category that counts for the least, which is why the score holds up while the street may tell a different story.
On wealth & income the components do not point the same way either. Property value stays below the national middle and high incomes are less common than average, while the share of low incomes sits exactly on the median and vacancy is far beneath it. A 4.7 is therefore not a neighbourhood in trouble, but one without a financial buffer at the top end.
The 4.3 for quiet & nature is the most misleading of all: the tree canopy here is actually above the national middle. What weighs the score down is density, and the share of greenery within three hundred metres.
- no. 3,323 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 23 of 87 in Apeldoorn
How De Mheen scores
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Is De Mheen a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Mheen comes out at 21 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, 81 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
De Mheen has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 29%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1517%
NL median 14%
- 15–2512%
NL median 11%
- 25–4529%
NL median 22%
- 45–6525%
NL median 28%
- 65+17%
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
32% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
38% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,249 — 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 Mheen a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Mheen comes out at 21 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 Mheen?
In De Mheen the police recorded 81 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (21 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 Mheen calculated?
De Mheen scores 8.1 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 Mheen 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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