neighbourhood in Doetinchem

De IJkenberg

2,500 residents · postal code 7009 · Part of Bezelhorst / De Kruisberg / IJkenberg, Doetinchem

Bottom 43% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

Six per cent of households in De IJkenberg have a high income; nationally that is nearly one in five. Together with a property value among the lowest in the country and a social assistance rate almost nine times the national level, that figure produces a 2.9 for wealth & income. Only vacancy is lower here than average.

The contrast sits with amenities and families: 9.1 and 8.4. Supermarket, GP and restaurant are a few hundred metres away, the primary school slightly further. On safety, vandalism stands out, recorded twice as often as nationally, while burglary hardly occurs at all. On balance a 5.6 remains, right around the Dutch middle.

no. 7,506 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 48 of 76 in Doetinchem

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Is De IJkenberg a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, De IJkenberg comes out at 29 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more 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.

Total crime

29.0 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.4 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.1 per 1,000

Property crime

10.8 per 1,000

Vandalism

4.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 90 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

0.6 km

Train station

2.7 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

0.9 km

Café

1.2 km

Library

1.6 km

Motorway ramp

1.7 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

€ 238,000

Welfare recipients

68.0 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

58%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

20%

Social housing

76%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

89%

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

5,957 inw/km²

Noise level

51 dB

Green surroundings

45%

Trees nearby

15%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,989

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.1 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

0.8 km

Households with children

38%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

0.8 km

Residents under 15

17%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

De IJkenberg has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 14%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1517%
NL median 14%
15–2514%
NL median 11%
25–4526%
NL median 22%
45–6525%
NL median 28%
65+17%
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
38% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
38% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,957 — 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 De IJkenberg a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, De IJkenberg comes out at 29 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. 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 De IJkenberg?

In De IJkenberg the police recorded 90 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (29 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 De IJkenberg calculated?

De IJkenberg scores 5.7 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 De IJkenberg 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.