neighbourhood in Deventer
Dorp Diepenveen
4,565 residents · postal code 7431 · Part of Diepenveen, Deventer
Room to spare, amenities further off
A 9.8 overall, and the quiet & nature pillar carries that score: a 9.6, on three quarters greenery within walking distance, a tree canopy more than twice the national level and a noise level far below the median.
The wealth & income pillar reaches 8.0 on a property value far above the national median. One component deviates: the social assistance rate in Dorp Diepenveen is higher than is usual nationally. That is the nuance the pillar score itself does not show.
Families lags at 6.5, and not because of distance — the primary school is around the corner. It lies in the population: almost three in ten residents are 65 or older and the share of children is not large.
- no. 382 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 4 of 65 in Deventer
How Dorp Diepenveen scores
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Is Dorp Diepenveen a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Dorp Diepenveen comes out at 11 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Dorp Diepenveen 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, 62 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
Dorp Diepenveen has strikingly few residents aged 25 to 45: 14%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4514%
NL median 22%
- 45–6530%
NL median 28%
- 65+30%
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
34% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
962 — 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 Dorp Diepenveen a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Dorp Diepenveen comes out at 11 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Dorp Diepenveen 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 Dorp Diepenveen?
In Dorp Diepenveen the police recorded 62 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 Dorp Diepenveen calculated?
Dorp Diepenveen scores 9.8 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 Dorp Diepenveen 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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