neighbourhood in Deventer

Oosterstraat

1,875 residents · postal code 7413 · Part of Voorstad, Deventer

Bottom 22% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

Six in ten reported offences on the Oosterstraat are theft, at more than three times the national median. Violence stays below it and vandalism lands exactly on it. It is an unmistakable profile: things go missing here, while the street after dark carries no particular risk. With nearly nine thousand residents per square kilometre and a station four hundred metres away, that is hardly a surprise.

The population make-up departs sharply from the usual. Almost six in ten households are single-person and barely more than one in ten residents is under fifteen. The families pillar still reaches 8.1, and that comes entirely from the school three hundred metres away — not from the number of children. For a student or first-time buyer living alone this is an attractive spot; for the wealth figures it is no good news.

no. 10,234 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 54 of 65 in Deventer

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Is Oosterstraat a safe neighbourhood?

The figures ⌄

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

50.1 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.0 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.1 per 1,000

Property crime

30.3 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.3 per 1,000

In 2025, 144 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

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Amenities

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Supermarket

0.4 km

GP practice

0.9 km

Train station

1.0 km

Restaurant

0.3 km

Hospital

2.6 km

Café

0.4 km

Library

1.3 km

Motorway ramp

2.0 km

Tick = Dutch median

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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.

Property value

€ 279,000

Welfare recipients

37.3 per 1,000

High incomes

14%

Low incomes

44%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

56%

Social housing

25%

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Single-family homes

76%

Built after 2000

Tick = Dutch median

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Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.

Population density

8,791 inw/km²

Noise level

55 dB

Green surroundings

27%

Trees nearby

10%

Water share

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Addresses per km²

3,917

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.2 µg/m³

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

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Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.

Primary school

0.3 km

Households with children

21%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

1.2 km

Residents under 15

11%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Oosterstraat has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 21%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1511%
NL median 14%
15–2521%
NL median 11%
25–4530%
NL median 22%
45–6526%
NL median 28%
65+13%
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
1.7 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
59% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
21% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
8,791 — 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 Oosterstraat a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Oosterstraat comes out at 50 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Oosterstraat is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes. One caveat: the figure counts per person present, not per resident. In a neighbourhood with many visitors — a centre, a station, a shopping area — it therefore comes out higher than residents experience. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Oosterstraat?

In Oosterstraat the police recorded 144 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (50 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 Oosterstraat calculated?

Oosterstraat scores 4.1 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 Oosterstraat 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.