neighbourhood in Enschede
Hogeland-Zuid
2,335 residents · postal code 7535 · Part of Hogeland - Velve, Enschede
Everything for children close by, and little room
Five times the national median: that is the burglary rate recorded in Hogeland-Zuid. Violence meanwhile runs well below it, as does theft, and total offences stay under the Dutch middle. That is the profile of a neighbourhood where things vanish from houses and sheds, not of a place where you would rather stay indoors after dark.
The 5.2 for wealth & income hangs almost entirely on property value. Incomes and social assistance sit so close to the national middle that they point nowhere; the houses are simply worth less than the Dutch median, and that is the heaviest component of the pillar.
The 4.6 for quiet & nature is the oddest of the five, because it is measurably quieter here than the Dutch average. What drags the figure down is the built-up ground and the shortage of greenery within three hundred metres.
- no. 4,017 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 18 of 67 in Enschede
How Hogeland-Zuid scores
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Is Hogeland-Zuid a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Hogeland-Zuid comes out at 21 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer 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.
In 2025, 55 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
The age profile of Hogeland-Zuid looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1516%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4525%
NL median 22%
- 45–6526%
NL median 28%
- 65+22%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
31% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
37% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,143 — 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 Hogeland-Zuid a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Hogeland-Zuid comes out at 21 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Hogeland-Zuid?
In Hogeland-Zuid the police recorded 55 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (21 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 Hogeland-Zuid calculated?
Hogeland-Zuid scores 7.7 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 Hogeland-Zuid 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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