neighbourhood in Enschede

Getfert

4,635 residents · postal code 7512 · Part of Binnensingelgebied, Enschede

Bottom 3% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

Theft is by far the dominant type of offence in Getfert, at more than five times the national median; violence is barely above it. That is the profile of a busy urban area where possessions disappear, not of a place where you would rather stay in of an evening.

The 2.7 for quiet & nature is just as clear. Within three hundred metres there is not even a third as much greenery as is usual nationally and the tree canopy is half the middle; only the noise level sits practically on the median. Brick, then, and little else.

More than six in ten households consist of one person and not even a tenth of residents are under fifteen. That composition pushes the families pillar down to 4.5, despite a primary school eight hundred metres away — here it is not only distance that counts but also who lives there.

no. 12,700 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 64 of 67 in Enschede

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Is Getfert a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Getfert comes out at 73 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Getfert 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

72.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.4 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.2 per 1,000

Property crime

52.2 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.9 per 1,000

In 2025, 478 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

0.8 km

Train station

2.4 km

Restaurant

0.3 km

Hospital

0.8 km

Café

0.9 km

Library

1.6 km

Motorway ramp

1.8 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

€ 279,000

Welfare recipients

28.0 per 1,000

High incomes

14%

Low incomes

46%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

36%

Social housing

34%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

46%

Built after 2000

32%

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

7,694 inw/km²

Noise level

52 dB

Green surroundings

17%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

3,742

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.9 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

15%

Childcare

0.8 km

Secondary school

1.0 km

Residents under 15

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Getfert has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 21%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–159%
NL median 14%
15–2521%
NL median 11%
25–4534%
NL median 22%
45–6520%
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
1.6 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
63% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
15% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
7,694 — 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 Getfert a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Getfert comes out at 73 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Getfert 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 Getfert?

In Getfert the police recorded 478 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (73 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 Getfert calculated?

Getfert 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 Getfert 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.