neighbourhood in Enschede

Eekmaat

1,765 residents · postal code 7534 · Part of Glanerbrug en omgeving, Enschede

Bottom 5% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

Violent offences in Eekmaat run at more than twice the national median, and that is the heaviest-weighted component of the safety pillar. Theft and burglary are raised too, so the 3.0 does not come from one category. This is not the profile of a place where only bicycles go missing.

The wealth & income pillar reaches 2.6 and every component points the same way: the lowest property value in this area, five percent of households in the top income group, more than half in the bottom, and social assistance at over eight times the national middle. Only vacancy sits plainly on the median. At the same time everything is within walking distance: supermarket, GP and restaurant inside five hundred metres, the station just over a kilometre away.

no. 12,524 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 63 of 67 in Enschede

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Is Eekmaat a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Eekmaat comes out at 35 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

The figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

35.0 per 1,000

Violent crime

5.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.3 per 1,000

Property crime

12.9 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 78 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

0.4 km

GP practice

0.5 km

Train station

1.1 km

Restaurant

0.4 km

Hospital

5.7 km

Café

0.9 km

Library

0.7 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

€ 226,000

Welfare recipients

68.0 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

54%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

43%

Social housing

48%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

67%

Built after 2000

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

5,034 inw/km²

Noise level

52 dB

Green surroundings

36%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,660

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

0.8 km

Households with children

31%

Childcare

0.9 km

Secondary school

3.5 km

Residents under 15

14%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Eekmaat has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 30%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–2514%
NL median 11%
25–4530%
NL median 22%
45–6525%
NL median 28%
65+16%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
44% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
31% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,034 — 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 Eekmaat a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Eekmaat comes out at 35 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. 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 Eekmaat?

In Eekmaat the police recorded 78 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (35 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 Eekmaat calculated?

Eekmaat scores 2.8 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 Eekmaat 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.