neighbourhood in Enkhuizen

Centrum Zuid-Oost

2,490 residents · postal code 1601 · Part of Centrum en Havens, Enkhuizen

Bottom 22% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, safety lags

Theft is recorded in Centrum Zuid-Oost more than twice as often as nationally and violence more than two and a half times; that combination produces a 2.9 for safety. So this is not merely a city-centre profile in which things go missing, because the number of recorded violent offences is also considerably above the Dutch middle.

Around this neighbourhood greenery covers less than a fifth of the surface, far below the median, and yet quiet & nature comes out at 4.9: the noise level is below the national middle and there is water nearby. Three in ten residents are 65 or older and only one in five households has children; that pushes the families pillar down to 6.3 despite a primary school around the corner.

no. 10,328 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 11 of 13 in Enkhuizen

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Is Centrum Zuid-Oost a safe 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

46.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

5.9 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.8 per 1,000

Property crime

21.3 per 1,000

Vandalism

5.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 195 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

0.7 km

GP practice

1.0 km

Train station

0.7 km

Restaurant

0.2 km

Hospital

1.0 km

Café

0.2 km

Library

2.2 km

Motorway ramp

1.6 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

€ 344,000

Welfare recipients

12.0 per 1,000

High incomes

17%

Low incomes

41%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

56%

Social housing

26%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

60%

Built after 2000

11%

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

5,357 inw/km²

Noise level

51 dB

Green surroundings

20%

Trees nearby

Water share

10%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,345

Fine particles (PM2.5)

6.8 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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Families

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

Primary school

0.5 km

Households with children

21%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

2.5 km

Residents under 15

11%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Centrum Zuid-Oost has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 30%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1511%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4522%
NL median 22%
45–6527%
NL median 28%
65+30%
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
1.8 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
49% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
21% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,357 — 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 Centrum Zuid-Oost a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Centrum Zuid-Oost comes out at 47 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Centrum Zuid-Oost 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 Centrum Zuid-Oost?

In Centrum Zuid-Oost the police recorded 195 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (47 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 Centrum Zuid-Oost calculated?

Centrum Zuid-Oost scores 4.1 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 Centrum Zuid-Oost 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.