neighbourhood in Doetinchem
Overstegen - west
2,245 residents · postal code 7002 · Part of Overstegen, Doetinchem
Plenty of space, less prosperity
In Overstegen - west more than seven per cent of residents receive social assistance — nine times the national middle — and fewer than one in twenty households has a high income, against almost one in five nationally. With property values at half the median, the wealth & income pillar comes to a 2.8, one of the lowest figures in the Netherlands.
Set against it is something rare in such areas: a 7.4 for quiet & nature. Almost a quarter of the surface within three hundred metres lies under tree canopy, nearly three times the national middle, and the noise level runs more than five decibels below it. It is green and it is quiet.
The 3.9 for safety comes mainly from vandalism, at more than three times the median, and from property crime at one and a half times. Burglary stays below it. The GP is almost two kilometres away while shop and school are round the corner — that difference holds amenities at a 6.2.
- no. 11,337 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 68 of 76 in Doetinchem
How Overstegen - west scores
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Is Overstegen - west a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Overstegen - west comes out at 40 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Overstegen - west is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most 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, 111 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
Overstegen - west has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 14%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1516%
NL median 14%
- 15–2514%
NL median 11%
- 25–4526%
NL median 22%
- 45–6525%
NL median 28%
- 65+19%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
45% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
32% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,427 — 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 Overstegen - west a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Overstegen - west comes out at 40 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Overstegen - west 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 Overstegen - west?
In Overstegen - west the police recorded 111 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (40 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 Overstegen - west calculated?
Overstegen - west scores 3.5 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 Overstegen - west 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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