neighbourhood in Apeldoorn

Ugchelen

3,515 residents · postal code 7339 · Part of Zuidwest, Apeldoorn

Top 7% in the Netherlands

Safe, but few children

The tree canopy within three hundred metres in Ugchelen is more than three times that of the average Dutch neighbourhood, and greenery too is far above the middle. That the quiet & nature pillar still stops at 7.7 and goes no higher is down to the noise level: it is above the national median, and open water is absent.

The population is old. A third of residents are 65 or older and the share of children stays below the national middle. The primary school is six hundred metres away and holds the families pillar up at 6.2; without that short distance the figure would be lower.

Violence hardly occurs here and property offences stay well below the median, which carries the 9.2 for safety. Only burglary is above the national middle — the one component out of step, and with a weight of more than a quarter no detail.

no. 900 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 7 of 87 in Apeldoorn

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Is Ugchelen a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Ugchelen comes out at 12 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Ugchelen is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.

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Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

12.1 per 1,000

Violent crime

0.5 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.2 per 1,000

Property crime

3.3 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 48 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

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Amenities

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Supermarket

0.9 km

GP practice

0.7 km

Train station

5.2 km

Restaurant

0.9 km

Hospital

1.6 km

Café

0.9 km

Library

3.7 km

Motorway ramp

1.1 km

Tick = Dutch median

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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.

Property value

€ 513,000

Welfare recipients

5.7 per 1,000

High incomes

25%

Low incomes

36%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

85%

Social housing

12%

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Single-family homes

94%

Built after 2000

14%

Tick = Dutch median

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Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.

Population density

2,161 inw/km²

Noise level

54 dB

Green surroundings

75%

Trees nearby

31%

Water share

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Addresses per km²

707

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.9 µg/m³

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

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Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.

Primary school

0.6 km

Households with children

31%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

3.1 km

Residents under 15

13%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Ugchelen has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 34%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1513%
NL median 14%
15–259%
NL median 11%
25–4517%
NL median 22%
45–6528%
NL median 28%
65+34%
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
26% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
31% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,161 — less 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 Ugchelen a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Ugchelen comes out at 12 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Ugchelen is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Ugchelen?

In Ugchelen the police recorded 48 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (12 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 Ugchelen calculated?

Ugchelen scores 9.5 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 Ugchelen 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.