neighbourhood in Deventer

Schrijversbuurt

2,200 residents · postal code 7412 · Part of Zandweerd, Deventer

Bottom 16% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

The social assistance rate in Schrijversbuurt is almost seven times that of the average Dutch neighbourhood. Together with a property value of little more than half the national middle, that explains the 2.9 for wealth & income; the income spread points the same way, and only vacancy is average here.

On safety the picture is more mixed than the score suggests. Theft is double the median here and violence well above it, but burglary sits below — anyone living here is mainly at risk on the street and at their car, less at their front door.

The quiet & nature pillar does surprisingly well at 6.9 for a neighbourhood of more than five thousand residents per square kilometre. The tree canopy here is double the national level, and that offsets the noise, which sits above it.

no. 11,113 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 58 of 65 in Deventer

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Is Schrijversbuurt 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

44.4 per 1,000

Violent crime

4.8 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.4 per 1,000

Property crime

18.6 per 1,000

Vandalism

4.1 per 1,000

In 2025, 129 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

0.5 km

GP practice

1.6 km

Train station

2.5 km

Restaurant

0.6 km

Hospital

4.7 km

Café

1.6 km

Library

2.3 km

Motorway ramp

1.5 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

€ 242,000

Welfare recipients

54.5 per 1,000

High incomes

12%

Low incomes

41%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

37%

Social housing

43%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

32%

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

5,381 inw/km²

Noise level

54 dB

Green surroundings

52%

Trees nearby

16%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,156

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.9 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

0.7 km

Households with children

23%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

1.1 km

Residents under 15

13%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Schrijversbuurt has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 35%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1513%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4535%
NL median 22%
45–6526%
NL median 28%
65+16%
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
23% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,381 — 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 Schrijversbuurt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Schrijversbuurt comes out at 44 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Schrijversbuurt 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 Schrijversbuurt?

In Schrijversbuurt the police recorded 129 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (44 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 Schrijversbuurt calculated?

Schrijversbuurt scores 3.6 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 Schrijversbuurt 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.