neighbourhood in Enschede

Helmerhoek-Noord

3,770 residents · postal code 7546 · Part of Enschede-Zuid, Enschede

Top 27% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, thinner wallets

The tree canopy around Helmerhoek-Noord covers more than twice the national median, and combined with a noise level below the median that produces a 7.8 for quiet & nature — unusual for a neighbourhood with nearly four thousand residents on less than a square kilometre.

The total number of recorded offences sits almost exactly on the national median, and yet safety gets stuck at 6.1. That is down to the composition: violence and vandalism are above the national median, burglary and property crime below it. Violence carries the most weight in that pillar, so an average total yields a below-average score here.

Families score 8.5 — the primary school is four hundred metres away, closer than the supermarket and the GP in this part of southern Enschede.

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no. 16 of 67 in Enschede

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Is Helmerhoek-Noord a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Helmerhoek-Noord comes out at 24 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch 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

23.6 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.9 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.3 per 1,000

Property crime

6.3 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 107 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

0.6 km

GP practice

0.6 km

Train station

5.7 km

Restaurant

0.6 km

Hospital

4.8 km

Café

2.7 km

Library

2.5 km

Motorway ramp

3.4 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

€ 353,000

Welfare recipients

13.3 per 1,000

High incomes

19%

Low incomes

36%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

74%

Social housing

23%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

89%

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

3,738 inw/km²

Noise level

50 dB

Green surroundings

55%

Trees nearby

21%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,236

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

34%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

1.7 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Helmerhoek-Noord looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–259%
NL median 11%
25–4524%
NL median 22%
45–6527%
NL median 28%
65+24%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
30% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
34% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,738 — 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 Helmerhoek-Noord a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Helmerhoek-Noord comes out at 24 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Helmerhoek-Noord?

In Helmerhoek-Noord the police recorded 107 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (24 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 Helmerhoek-Noord calculated?

Helmerhoek-Noord scores 8.0 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 Helmerhoek-Noord 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.