neighbourhood in Ede
Boekelo
3,250 residents · postal code 6721 · Part of Bennekom, Ede
Safe, but not spacious
Almost every wealth component in Boekelo points the same way: property value is above the national median, the top income group is broader than average, and the share of residents on social assistance is less than half the national level. Even so, the pillar gets no further than 6.5. That shows how strictly property value weighs in this model: being above the middle is not enough for it.
The families pillar tells the opposite story. The primary school is five hundred metres away, so distance cannot be the cause. It lies in the population: four in ten households here are single-person and a third of residents are 65 or over. That depresses the share of households with children, and with it the score.
Of the four offence types, three lie below the national middle and burglary practically on it. It is a quiet picture, made up mostly of property crime.
- no. 1,966 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 13 of 66 in Ede
How Boekelo scores
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Is Boekelo a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Boekelo comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Boekelo 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, 60 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
Boekelo has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 32%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4519%
NL median 22%
- 45–6523%
NL median 28%
- 65+32%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
40% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
26% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,615 — 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 Boekelo a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Boekelo comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Boekelo 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 Boekelo?
In Boekelo the police recorded 60 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (15 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 Boekelo calculated?
Boekelo scores 8.9 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 Boekelo 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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