neighbourhood in Enschede

Bentveld-Bultserve

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

Bottom 28% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

A railway station nine hundred metres away is unusually close for a neighbourhood on the edge of a city, and together with the short walking distances it is why Bentveld-Bultserve reaches an 8.0 for amenities. Against that stands a wealth score of 3.5, low across the board: a property value far below the Dutch middle, almost half of households in the lowest income group and a social assistance rate of over three times the median.

Within safety, a 5.3, the picture is split. Violence sits exactly on the national median and property crime below it, but burglary and vandalism both come out above. So this is not a neighbourhood with a violence problem but one with damage and break-ins. The families score of 6.1 leans on the short school distance, because there are few children: well over a quarter of residents are 65 or older and four in ten households consist of one person.

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

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Is Bentveld-Bultserve a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Bentveld-Bultserve comes out at 23 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

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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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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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

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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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

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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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
2.1 — smaller 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
3,140 — 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 Bentveld-Bultserve a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Bentveld-Bultserve comes out at 23 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 Bentveld-Bultserve?

In Bentveld-Bultserve the police recorded 79 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (23 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 Bentveld-Bultserve calculated?

Bentveld-Bultserve scores 4.5 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 Bentveld-Bultserve 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.