neighbourhood in Enschede

City

3,905 residents · postal code 7511 · Part of Binnensingelgebied, Enschede

Bottom 2% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

The figures for City are of a different order from those of any residential neighbourhood: the number of recorded offences here is over fourteen times the national median, and three quarters of it is property crime. That ratio says less about the residents than it seems: the reports are divided by the small number of people registered here, while they cover the bustle of an entire city centre.

Those residents form an unusual group. Three in four addresses are single-person households and barely one in fourteen households has children. Owner-occupied homes are almost non-existent.

The wealth & income pillar comes out at a 2.5, with every component pointing the same way: the lowest property values, more than half on low incomes, a social assistance rate several times the national one and vacancy well above the middle. Set against that is a 9.9 for amenities: everything is literally on the doorstep.

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Is City a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, City comes out at 357 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: City is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes.

The figures ⌄

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

357.3 per 1,000

Violent crime

25.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.8 per 1,000

Property crime

264.1 per 1,000

Vandalism

11.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 2,539 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

0.2 km

GP practice

0.6 km

Train station

1.8 km

Restaurant

0.1 km

Hospital

0.9 km

Café

0.2 km

Library

0.5 km

Motorway ramp

1.9 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

€ 226,000

Welfare recipients

61.5 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

54%

Vacancy

10%

Owner-occupied

Social housing

48%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

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

7,035 inw/km²

Noise level

49 dB

Green surroundings

16%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

4,305

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.0 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

0.7 km

Households with children

Childcare

0.7 km

Secondary school

1.7 km

Residents under 15

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

City has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 30%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–154%
NL median 14%
15–2530%
NL median 11%
25–4541%
NL median 22%
45–6515%
NL median 28%
65+11%
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
1.3 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
75% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
7% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
7,035 — 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 City a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, City comes out at 357 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: City 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 City?

In City the police recorded 2,539 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (357 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 City calculated?

City scores 2.6 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 City 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.