neighbourhood in Ede

Wekeromse Zand

405 residents · postal code 6733 · Part of Wekerom, Ede

Bottom 6% in the Netherlands

Spacious and quiet, but not set up for children

For Wekeromse Zand the income data are missing: the CBS does not publish them where there are too few households. The 7.2 for wealth & income therefore rests on the property value, well above the median, on a social assistance rate of zero, and on a vacancy rate more than five times the national middle — that last one works against it.

The 9.8 for quiet & nature is of an entirely different order. The noise level stays almost thirteen decibels below the Dutch middle, roughly a third more of the surroundings is green than in the average neighbourhood, and the tree canopy is almost five times as dense as nationally. At forty-eight residents per square kilometre.

The 2.6 for families comes from the primary school, more than three and a half kilometres away, and with just over four hundred residents the 3.1 for safety says more about small numbers than about a pattern.

no. 12,360 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 65 of 66 in Ede

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Is Wekeromse Zand a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Wekeromse Zand comes out at 35 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

35.1 per 1,000

Violent crime

5.3 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.4 per 1,000

Property crime

10.1 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.3 per 1,000

In 2025, 21 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

3.7 km

GP practice

3.7 km

Train station

8.1 km

Restaurant

3.8 km

Hospital

10.9 km

Café

4.5 km

Library

7.3 km

Motorway ramp

1.1 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

€ 526,000

Welfare recipients

0.0 per 1,000

Vacancy

21%

Owner-occupied

27%

Social housing

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

41%

Built after 2000

26%

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

48 inw/km²

Noise level

39 dB

Green surroundings

81%

Trees nearby

42%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

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

3.6 km

Households with children

31%

Childcare

3.6 km

Secondary school

9.1 km

Residents under 15

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Wekeromse Zand has strikingly few children under 15: 4%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–154%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4524%
NL median 22%
45–6540%
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
2.7 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
26% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
31% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
48 — far less 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 Wekeromse Zand a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Wekeromse Zand comes out at 35 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 Wekeromse Zand?

In Wekeromse Zand the police recorded 21 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (35 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 Wekeromse Zand calculated?

Wekeromse Zand scores 2.9 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 Wekeromse Zand 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.