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Bentveld-Bultserve

2,830 residents · postal code 7532 · Part of Glanerbrug en omgeving, Enschede

Bottom 28% in the Netherlands

How we calculate

House prices average €284,000 here, well below the national midpoint of €422,000, and that gap runs through Bentveld-Bultserve in Enschede. Amenities score a solid 8.0 — the station sits nine hundred metres away — but wealth & income (3.5) drags the overall grade down to a poor 4.0, even as safety holds closer to average at 5.3, with crime of 22.8 per 1,000 people present just under the national median. Two in five households are single-person, and over a quarter are aged 65 or above.

  • no. 9,502 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
  • no. 36 of 67 in Enschede

How Bentveld-Bultserve scores

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The figures

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
Total crime
22.8 per 1,000
Violent crime
2.3 per 1,000
Burglaries
1.1 per 1,000
Property crime
7.3 per 1,000
Vandalism
3.2 per 1,000

In 2025, 79 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.
Supermarket
0.9 km
GP practice
0.8 km
Train station
0.9 km
Restaurant
0.8 km
Hospital
5.8 km
Café
0.6 km
Library
1.0 km
Motorway ramp
1.8 km

Tick = Dutch median

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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.
Property value
€ 284,000
Welfare recipients
24.7 per 1,000
High incomes
12%
Low incomes
46%
Vacancy
3%
Owner-occupied
59%
Social housing
23%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes
72%
Built after 2000
18%

Tick = Dutch median

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The figures

Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Population density
3,140 inw/km²
Noise level
49 dB
Green surroundings
45%
Trees nearby
11%
Water share
0%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²
1,256
Fine particles (PM2.5)
7.6 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
0.6 km
Households with children
32%
Childcare
0.6 km
Secondary school
3.5 km
Residents under 15
12%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Bentveld-Bultserve looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

  • 0–1512%

    NL median 14%

  • 15–2511%

    NL median 11%

  • 25–4521%

    NL median 22%

  • 45–6529%

    NL median 28%

  • 65+26%

    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

    2.1smaller than average

    NL median 2.3

  • Single-person households

    40%more than average

    NL median 31%

  • Households with children

    32%fewer than average

    NL median 35%

  • Residents per km²

    3,140far 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

How is the grade for Bentveld-Bultserve calculated?

Bentveld-Bultserve scores 4.5 as its total score. That grade is a national position: we weigh four equally heavy scores — safety, amenities, wealth & income and quiet & nature — and see where Bentveld-Bultserve lands among every neighbourhood in the Netherlands. So it is not the mean of the four grades, but a place in the queue. All from open data published by CBS and the police.

Is Bentveld-Bultserve a safe neighbourhood?

Bentveld-Bultserve scores 5.3 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (22.8 per year). The national median is around 24.1.

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Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Enschede.

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