neighbourhood in Deventer
Op den Haar
2,850 residents · postal code 7425 · Part of Colmschate-Vijfhoek, Deventer
Safe, but not spacious
A 7.2 for wealth with a property value sitting almost exactly on the national median: in Op den Haar that score must come from somewhere else. It sits in the rest of the pillar. There is barely any vacancy, the social assistance rate is below the Dutch middle, and more households have a high income than is usual nationally. So a neighbourhood can be wealthier than its houses suggest, and that is exactly what happens here.
The 9.9 for safety rests on violence and burglary that both stay far below the median — the two heaviest components of that pillar. The families score of 7.7 belongs to a neighbourhood where almost half of households have children and the primary school is within a kilometre. The weakest spot is quiet & nature at a 5.9: density is high for a neighbourhood otherwise well provided with greenery, and the noise level is above the median.
- no. 584 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 7 of 65 in Deventer
How Op den Haar scores
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Is Op den Haar a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Op den Haar comes out at 11 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Op den Haar 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, 28 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
Op den Haar has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 14%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–2514%
NL median 11%
- 25–4520%
NL median 22%
- 45–6533%
NL median 28%
- 65+18%
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
19% — far fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
46% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,655 — 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 Op den Haar a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Op den Haar comes out at 11 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Op den Haar 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 Op den Haar?
In Op den Haar the police recorded 28 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 Op den Haar calculated?
Op den Haar scores 9.7 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 Op den Haar 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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