neighbourhood in Apeldoorn
Sprenkelaar
4,025 residents · postal code 7323 · Part of Noordoost, Apeldoorn
Everything for children close by, thinner wallets
With a 9.8 for families the first question is always whether the score comes from distance or from the people. In Sprenkelaar it is both: the primary school is four hundred metres away, and more than four in ten households have children. That combination is rare.
The wealth & income pillar stands directly opposite, at 3.7, with benefits at more than eight times the national level. Families and money do not coincide here — the children live in a neighbourhood where incomes are low and the property value stays below the national median. The crime picture adds a split of its own: burglary is almost absent here, far below the national median, while vandalism sits well above it. That is damage on the outside, not someone inside the house.
- no. 5,090 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 42 of 87 in Apeldoorn
How Sprenkelaar scores
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Is Sprenkelaar a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Sprenkelaar comes out at 30 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more 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, 149 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
Sprenkelaar has strikingly many children under 15: 21%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1521%
NL median 14%
- 15–2513%
NL median 11%
- 25–4526%
NL median 22%
- 45–6523%
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
2.4 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
33% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
43% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,648 — 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 Sprenkelaar a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Sprenkelaar comes out at 30 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. 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 Sprenkelaar?
In Sprenkelaar the police recorded 149 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (30 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 Sprenkelaar calculated?
Sprenkelaar scores 7.1 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 Sprenkelaar 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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