neighbourhood in Bronckhorst
Hengelo
4,370 residents · postal code 7255 · Part of Hengelo, Bronckhorst
Safe streets, thinner wallets
In Hengelo all four offence types stay at or below the national median, except burglary, which runs at more than twice the usual level. That the safety pillar still reaches an 8.5 is because violence here sits at less than half the median, and that is the heaviest component.
Almost a third of residents are 65 or older and twelve per cent are under fifteen. The primary school is six hundred metres away, so the 5.8 for families does not come from distance but from the share of children — the part of that pillar that is about the population.
The wealth & income pillar stays at a 4.4 because of incomes: the top group here is about two thirds the national size and the social assistance rate more than double.
- no. 4,949 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 15 of 45 in Bronckhorst
How Hengelo scores
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Is Hengelo a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Hengelo comes out at 11 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Hengelo 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, 55 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
Hengelo has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 32%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1512%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4520%
NL median 22%
- 45–6527%
NL median 28%
- 65+32%
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
36% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
30% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,768 — 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 Hengelo a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Hengelo comes out at 11 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Hengelo 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 Hengelo?
In Hengelo the police recorded 55 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 Hengelo calculated?
Hengelo scores 7.2 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 Hengelo 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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