neighbourhood in Apeldoorn
De Parken
2,875 residents · postal code 7316 · Part of Noord, Apeldoorn
Well-off, but not carefree
De Parken has the most expensive homes in this area and at the same time a 3.2 for safety. The two are visibly connected here: burglaries run at almost six times the Dutch middle value and property offences at more than twice that level, while violence and vandalism barely exceed it. Anyone living here is not dealing with street violence but with what disappears from behind the front door and out of the shed.
The 9.3 for wealth and income holds up across almost the whole width — expensive homes, many households in the top income group, little social assistance — with one figure departing: vacancy is one and a half times above the national middle.
Quiet and nature comes out at 7.3, with a noise level below the Dutch level and a tree canopy well above it. For a neighbourhood less than half a kilometre from school and supermarket, that is an unusual combination.
- no. 2,041 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 15 of 87 in Apeldoorn
How De Parken scores
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Is De Parken a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Parken comes out at 42 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: De Parken is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most 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, 214 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 Parken looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–2513%
NL median 11%
- 25–4519%
NL median 22%
- 45–6530%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
29% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
35% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,328 — around the 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 Parken a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Parken comes out at 42 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: De Parken is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes. One caveat: the figure counts per person present, not per resident. In a neighbourhood with many visitors — a centre, a station, a shopping area — it therefore comes out higher than residents experience. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in De Parken?
In De Parken the police recorded 214 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (42 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 Parken calculated?
De Parken scores 8.8 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 De Parken 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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