neighbourhood in Enschede

Deppenbroek

4,475 residents · postal code 7523 · Part of Enschede-Noord, Enschede

Bottom 19% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

Burglary in Deppenbroek occurs almost five times as often as in the average Dutch neighbourhood and vandalism more than three times; together with theft far above the national median that produces a 3.0 for safety. Violence is the one item that barely deviates — this is not a neighbourhood where the street gets out of hand, but one where a great deal is taken and broken.

The wealth & income pillar comes out at 2.8. Property value is well below the national median, the social assistance rate is a multiple of it and the top income group is thin; only vacancy stays below average.

Set against that is an 8.9 for amenities: everything is within a few hundred metres. The tree canopy, too, is nearly twice as thick as is usual nationally, which keeps the quiet & nature pillar above the national median despite the density.

no. 10,627 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 42 of 67 in Enschede

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Is Deppenbroek 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

44.2 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.4 per 1,000

Burglaries

2.8 per 1,000

Property crime

18.8 per 1,000

Vandalism

7.8 per 1,000

In 2025, 247 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

0.5 km

GP practice

0.8 km

Train station

2.8 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

3.0 km

Café

0.3 km

Library

1.4 km

Motorway ramp

1.0 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

€ 239,000

Welfare recipients

64.8 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

53%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

38%

Social housing

51%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

45%

Built after 2000

17%

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

6,268 inw/km²

Noise level

50 dB

Green surroundings

51%

Trees nearby

17%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,943

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.8 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

0.4 km

Households with children

25%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

0.6 km

Residents under 15

12%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Deppenbroek has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 14%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1512%
NL median 14%
15–2514%
NL median 11%
25–4527%
NL median 22%
45–6527%
NL median 28%
65+20%
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
1.9 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
51% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
25% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,268 — 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 Deppenbroek a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Deppenbroek comes out at 44 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Deppenbroek 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 Deppenbroek?

In Deppenbroek the police recorded 247 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (44 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 Deppenbroek calculated?

Deppenbroek scores 3.9 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 Deppenbroek 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.