neighbourhood in Apeldoorn
Matenhoeve
4,555 residents · postal code 7326 · Part of Zuidoost, Apeldoorn
Safe, but not spacious
Matenhoeve consists almost entirely of family homes built before 2000, and in the figures the neighbourhood behaves quietly: violence, burglary and theft all three lie below the national median and produce an 8.9 for safety. Only vandalism edges above.
Even so, quiet & nature stops at 4.1, and that is almost entirely the noise: the level here is clearly above the national median, while the tree canopy is in fact thicker than average. Quiet this neighbourhood is not; green it is.
The wealth & income pillar reaches 5.0. Property value stays below the national median and the social assistance rate is above it, but vacancy is minimal: virtually every home is occupied. That says more about demand for these houses than the wealth score does.
- no. 4,682 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 41 of 87 in Apeldoorn
How Matenhoeve scores
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Is Matenhoeve a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Matenhoeve comes out at 17 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, 88 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
Matenhoeve has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 28%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1517%
NL median 14%
- 15–259%
NL median 11%
- 25–4521%
NL median 22%
- 45–6525%
NL median 28%
- 65+28%
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
2.4 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
26% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
36% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,729 — 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 Matenhoeve a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Matenhoeve comes out at 17 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 Matenhoeve?
In Matenhoeve the police recorded 88 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (17 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 Matenhoeve calculated?
Matenhoeve scores 7.3 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 Matenhoeve 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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