neighbourhood in Apeldoorn
Zevenhuizen
2,200 residents · postal code 7322 · Part of Noordoost, Apeldoorn
Safe, but not spacious
Zevenhuizen records barely any offences — the total sits well below the national middle and violence is close to non-existent. One category deviates: burglaries here are more than three times the level of the average Dutch neighbourhood. That is exactly the kind of offence a neighbourhood with many owner-occupied homes and little through traffic attracts, and it is the only real worry behind an 8.3 for safety.
The weak spot lies elsewhere. The greenery within three hundred metres gets no further than a third of the surroundings, against well over half nationally, and with noise above the middle the quiet & nature pillar is left with 3.4. That is the lowest of the five figures, and it stands next to a neighbourhood that otherwise performs above the national level on every front.
More than a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
- no. 3,659 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 29 of 87 in Apeldoorn
How Zevenhuizen scores
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Is Zevenhuizen a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Zevenhuizen comes out at 14 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Zevenhuizen 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.
In 2025, 33 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
Zevenhuizen has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 28%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1513%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4520%
NL median 22%
- 45–6529%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
37% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
27% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,966 — 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 Zevenhuizen a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Zevenhuizen comes out at 14 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Zevenhuizen 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 Zevenhuizen?
In Zevenhuizen the police recorded 33 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (14 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 Zevenhuizen calculated?
Zevenhuizen scores 7.9 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 Zevenhuizen 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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