neighbourhood in Apeldoorn

Woudhuis

5,865 residents · postal code 7325 · Part of Oost, Apeldoorn

Top 11% in the Netherlands

Safe, but not spacious

A railway station a kilometre away is exceptional for a neighbourhood outside the centre, but in Woudhuis the supermarket, the GP and the restaurant are exactly the same distance away. That is why the amenities pillar sticks at a 6.9: the station counts, but the daily shopping weighs more heavily and that is no closer.

The wealth pillar works the other way round here, compared with most neighbourhoods. Property value is virtually at the national middle — so that is not where the 6.7 comes from. It is the incomes: a quarter of households are in the top group, against nineteen per cent in the average Dutch neighbourhood, and social assistance use stays low. Beyond that this Apeldoorn neighbourhood is among the safer in the country, with a crime figure of less than half the national level; only residential burglary is slightly above it.

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no. 10 of 87 in Apeldoorn

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Is Woudhuis a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Woudhuis comes out at 11 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Woudhuis is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.

The figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

11.4 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.0 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.8 per 1,000

Property crime

2.8 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.6 per 1,000

In 2025, 75 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

1.0 km

GP practice

1.0 km

Train station

1.0 km

Restaurant

1.0 km

Hospital

6.2 km

Café

2.5 km

Library

1.6 km

Motorway ramp

1.0 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

€ 417,000

Welfare recipients

10.2 per 1,000

High incomes

25%

Low incomes

36%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

69%

Social housing

27%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

84%

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

4,480 inw/km²

Noise level

54 dB

Green surroundings

54%

Trees nearby

11%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,465

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.2 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

41%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

3.0 km

Residents under 15

15%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Woudhuis looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1515%
NL median 14%
15–2513%
NL median 11%
25–4521%
NL median 22%
45–6532%
NL median 28%
65+20%
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
28% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
41% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,480 — 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 Woudhuis a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Woudhuis comes out at 11 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Woudhuis 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 Woudhuis?

In Woudhuis the police recorded 75 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (11 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 Woudhuis calculated?

Woudhuis scores 9.2 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 Woudhuis 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.