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Horstlanden-Stadsweide

3,400 residents · postal code 7513 · Part of Binnensingelgebied, Enschede

Bottom 8% in the Netherlands

How we calculate

Right up against Enschede's centre, Horstlanden-Stadsweide is two-thirds single-person households, with few children — 14 percent of homes — and values averaging €289,000, far below the median. Amenities are within walking distance and score a 9.1, with a GP three hundred metres off. Safety gets no further than 3.4, against nearly sixty recorded crimes per thousand people present. Housing and nature also languish, both at 3.4.

  • no. 12,124 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
  • no. 57 of 67 in Enschede

How Horstlanden-Stadsweide scores

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The figures

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
Total crime
57.1 per 1,000
Violent crime
3.2 per 1,000
Burglaries
0.9 per 1,000
Property crime
37.9 per 1,000
Vandalism
4.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 279 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.
Supermarket
0.7 km
GP practice
0.3 km
Train station
1.7 km
Restaurant
0.6 km
Hospital
1.1 km
Café
0.7 km
Library
1.3 km
Motorway ramp
2.2 km

Tick = Dutch median

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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.
Property value
€ 289,000
Welfare recipients
14.7 per 1,000
High incomes
16%
Low incomes
47%
Vacancy
5%
Owner-occupied
41%
Social housing
21%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes
40%
Built after 2000
30%

Tick = Dutch median

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The figures

Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Population density
4,871 inw/km²
Noise level
54 dB
Green surroundings
23%
Trees nearby
7%
Water share
0%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²
3,355
Fine particles (PM2.5)
8.0 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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The figures

Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Primary school
0.6 km
Households with children
14%
Childcare
0.5 km
Secondary school
1.7 km
Residents under 15
9%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Horstlanden-Stadsweide has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 31%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

  • 0–159%

    NL median 14%

  • 15–2531%

    NL median 11%

  • 25–4527%

    NL median 22%

  • 45–6518%

    NL median 28%

  • 65+14%

    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

    1.5far smaller than average

    NL median 2.3

  • Single-person households

    67%far more than average

    NL median 31%

  • Households with children

    14%far fewer than average

    NL median 35%

  • Residents per km²

    4,871far 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

How is the grade for Horstlanden-Stadsweide calculated?

Horstlanden-Stadsweide scores 3.0 as its total score. That grade is a national position: we weigh four equally heavy scores — safety, amenities, wealth & income and quiet & nature — and see where Horstlanden-Stadsweide lands among every neighbourhood in the Netherlands. So it is not the mean of the four grades, but a place in the queue. All from open data published by CBS and the police.

Is Horstlanden-Stadsweide a safe neighbourhood?

Horstlanden-Stadsweide scores 3.2 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (57.1 per year). The national median is around 24.1.

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