neighbourhood in Enschede
Drienerveld-U.T.
3,210 residents · postal code 7522 · Part of Enschede-Noord, Enschede
Plenty of space, less prosperity
Ninety-four per cent of households in Drienerveld-U.T. are single-person and hardly anyone here is under fifteen or over 65. That is not an accent but the whole neighbourhood, and it explains the 2.9 for families without needing to look at the primary school — though that too is far off, at a good two kilometres.
The wealth pillar reads differently than it looks. The social assistance rate stays far below the national median, but the share of households on a low income is exceptionally high at four fifths, and property value is a good third of the national middle. Little social assistance and little income go together here.
The quiet and nature pillar is the strongest, and deservedly: the tree canopy is nearly four times the national median. Among the offences, property crime is by far the largest item, at more than three times the national level.
- no. 12,452 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 62 of 67 in Enschede
How Drienerveld-U.T. scores
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Is Drienerveld-U.T. a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Drienerveld-U.T. comes out at 46 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Drienerveld-U.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 184 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.
Tick = Dutch median
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.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Quiet & nature
How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
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
The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Tick = Dutch median
Who lives here
Drienerveld-U.T. has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 68%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–151%
NL median 14%
- 15–2568%
NL median 11%
- 25–4526%
NL median 22%
- 45–653%
NL median 28%
- 65+3%
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
1.1 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
94% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
1% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,193 — far less 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 Drienerveld-U.T. a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Drienerveld-U.T. comes out at 46 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Drienerveld-U.T. 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 Drienerveld-U.T.?
In Drienerveld-U.T. the police recorded 184 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (46 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 Drienerveld-U.T. calculated?
Drienerveld-U.T. scores 2.9 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 Drienerveld-U.T. 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.
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