neighbourhood in Enschede

De Bothoven

5,960 residents · postal code 7511 · Part of Binnensingelgebied, Enschede

Bottom 3% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

On wealth De Bothoven in Enschede is in the bottom few per cent of the country, and there is not a single component that points the other way. Property value is far below the national middle, the top income group is less than half the usual size, the bottom income group is much larger, and social assistance use comes out at almost nine times the Dutch line. Such an unambiguous picture is rare; usually one component pulls against.

The offences tell the same story. All four separately counted types are above the national average, and property crime comes out at many times that level. Set against that is a 9.1 for amenities: supermarket, restaurant and primary school are within walking distance and the station is less than three kilometres away.

no. 12,704 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 66 of 67 in Enschede

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Is De Bothoven 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

67.0 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.9 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.7 per 1,000

Property crime

42.2 per 1,000

Vandalism

5.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 527 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

0.3 km

GP practice

1.0 km

Train station

2.7 km

Restaurant

0.3 km

Hospital

1.5 km

Café

0.6 km

Library

1.2 km

Motorway ramp

2.1 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

€ 241,000

Welfare recipients

68.8 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

53%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

26%

Social housing

46%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

17%

Built after 2000

14%

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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

9,209 inw/km²

Noise level

52 dB

Green surroundings

25%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

4,346

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.

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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

12%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

1.4 km

Residents under 15

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Who lives here

De Bothoven has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 18%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–157%
NL median 14%
15–2518%
NL median 11%
25–4529%
NL median 22%
45–6519%
NL median 28%
65+27%
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
1.5 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
68% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
12% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
9,209 — 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 De Bothoven a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, De Bothoven comes out at 67 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: De Bothoven 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 De Bothoven?

In De Bothoven the police recorded 527 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (67 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 De Bothoven calculated?

De Bothoven scores 2.7 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 De Bothoven 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.