neighbourhood in Bronckhorst
Verspreide huizen Halle
1,415 residents · postal code 7025 · Part of Zelhem, Bronckhorst
Safe, but everything is a drive away
A 10.0 for safety occurs in a few dozen Dutch neighbourhoods, and Verspreide huizen Halle is one of them. Violence, burglary, theft and vandalism all sit far below the national middle; the total number of reported offences is less than half of it.
Against that stands a supermarket more than five kilometres away. Amenities therefore come out at a 2.9, and a primary school two kilometres off holds families at a 3.5. These are not figures that improve over time; they belong to the area.
The 9.3 for quiet & nature confirms the same picture from the other side: plenty of greenery, noise ten decibels below the national median and fifty residents per square kilometre. Anyone considering this neighbourhood is therefore not weighing strengths against weaknesses but making one choice: space against access.
- no. 4,441 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 13 of 45 in Bronckhorst
How Verspreide huizen Halle scores
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Is Verspreide huizen Halle a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Verspreide huizen Halle comes out at 12 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Verspreide huizen Halle 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, 16 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
Verspreide huizen Halle has strikingly many residents aged 45 to 65: 35%, against 28% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4518%
NL median 22%
- 45–6535%
NL median 28%
- 65+23%
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
2.5 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
23% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
38% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
50 — far 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 Verspreide huizen Halle a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Verspreide huizen Halle comes out at 12 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Verspreide huizen Halle 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 Verspreide huizen Halle?
In Verspreide huizen Halle the police recorded 16 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 Verspreide huizen Halle calculated?
Verspreide huizen Halle scores 7.5 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 Verspreide huizen Halle 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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