neighbourhood in Ede
De Dalen
2,150 residents · postal code 6715 · Part of Ede-Veldhuizen, Ede
Good for children, with a safety question
Vandalism is recorded in De Dalen more than three times as often as in the average Dutch neighbourhood, and it is not only vandalism: violence and burglary sit clearly above too, burglary at more than four times the rate. All four measured types point upwards. That is the 2.9 for safety.
The wealth & income pillar is weak across the board — low property value, half of households in the lowest income group, a social assistance rate almost six times the national one — and only the near-absent vacancy stands apart.
The 9.2 for families is separate from all that. That pillar mainly measures distance to school and childcare, and the primary school here is four hundred metres away. At the same time almost a third of residents are 65 or older; a high families score does not mean the place is teeming with children.
- no. 10,632 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 59 of 66 in Ede
How De Dalen scores
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Is De Dalen a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Dalen comes out at 34 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.
In 2025, 91 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
De Dalen has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 31%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1517%
NL median 14%
- 15–2512%
NL median 11%
- 25–4517%
NL median 22%
- 45–6523%
NL median 28%
- 65+31%
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
33% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
34% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,055 — 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 Dalen a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Dalen comes out at 34 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 Dalen?
In De Dalen the police recorded 91 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (34 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 Dalen calculated?
De Dalen scores 3.9 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 De Dalen 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.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Ede
Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Ede.