neighbourhood in Ede

Enka

3,705 residents · postal code 6717 · Part of Ede-Zuid, Ede

Top 23% in the Netherlands

Good for children, with a safety question

Enka is new. Almost the entire housing stock dates from after 2000, and that shows in who lives here: three in ten residents are under fifteen and the share of over-65s is a fraction of the national figure. An 8.7 for families fits that, though it does not come from school distance — the nearest primary school is a kilometre and a half away, further than in most neighbourhoods, and school distance carries the most weight in that pillar.

The wealth side is less clear-cut than the 7.2 suggests. High incomes are nearly twice as common as nationally and low incomes less common, but social assistance is above the national median and vacancy at more than double it. For a neighbourhood with property values above the median that last figure is a striking combination, and it measurably depresses the score.

no. 2,954 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 25 of 66 in Ede

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Is Enka a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Enka comes out at 25 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch 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

25.0 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.3 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.6 per 1,000

Property crime

11.0 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 122 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

1.4 km

GP practice

2.3 km

Train station

1.5 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

3.1 km

Café

1.2 km

Library

3.0 km

Motorway ramp

3.3 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

€ 504,000

Welfare recipients

13.5 per 1,000

High incomes

36%

Low incomes

24%

Vacancy

10%

Owner-occupied

64%

Social housing

18%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

72%

Built after 2000

98%

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

3,418 inw/km²

Noise level

52 dB

Green surroundings

66%

Trees nearby

38%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,142

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.8 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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The figures ⌄

Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.

Primary school

1.5 km

Households with children

52%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

1.5 km

Residents under 15

30%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Enka has strikingly many children under 15: 30%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1530%
NL median 14%
15–258%
NL median 11%
25–4541%
NL median 22%
45–6517%
NL median 28%
65+4%
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
2.8 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
22% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
52% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,418 — 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 Enka a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Enka comes out at 25 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Enka?

In Enka the police recorded 122 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (25 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 Enka calculated?

Enka scores 8.3 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 Enka 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.