neighbourhood in Deventer
Groot Douwel
1,990 residents · postal code 7423 · Part of Colmschate-Noord, Deventer
Everything for children close by, and little room
Vandalism in Groot Douwel runs at three times the national median, while violence, burglary and theft all stay below it. That single category accounts on its own for a third of all reported offences and explains why the safety pillar stalls at 6.2 rather than climbing higher. Vandalism is the lightest-weighted of the four — that it still visibly drags the score says something about how far above the middle it sits.
The families pillar reaches 9.2 with the school four hundred metres away, which is notable in a neighbourhood where almost three in ten residents are over 65 and only twelve percent under fifteen. That pillar measures how near the schooling is, not the age profile. Anyone moving here with children will meet the other children mainly at the school gate.
- no. 4,107 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 19 of 65 in Deventer
How Groot Douwel scores
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Is Groot Douwel a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Groot Douwel comes out at 20 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 45 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
Groot Douwel has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 29%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1512%
NL median 14%
- 15–2512%
NL median 11%
- 25–4519%
NL median 22%
- 45–6528%
NL median 28%
- 65+29%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
32% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
35% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,760 — 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 Groot Douwel a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Groot Douwel comes out at 20 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Groot Douwel?
In Groot Douwel the police recorded 45 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (20 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 Groot Douwel calculated?
Groot Douwel scores 7.6 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 Groot Douwel 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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