neighbourhood in Enschede

Mekkelholt

2,775 residents · postal code 7523 · Part of Enschede-Noord, Enschede

Bottom 10% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

All four types of offence in Mekkelholt sit above the national middle: violence, burglary, theft and vandalism. No single type can be pointed to as causing the 3.0 for safety on its own, and that makes the picture different from a city-centre area where only property disappears.

Wealth is even more pronounced. Property value is just over half the national middle, almost half of households fall in the lowest income group and the social assistance rate is nearly eight times the Dutch median. Only vacancy is entirely ordinary: the homes are lived in, even though more than half of households here are single-person.

Against that stands a 9.2 for amenities, since supermarket, GP, restaurant and station are all within a few kilometres and most within half of one. This neighbourhood's problem is therefore not distance but income, and quiet & nature suffers: greenery in the immediate surroundings is two thirds of what an average Dutch neighbourhood has.

no. 11,798 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 54 of 67 in Enschede

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Is Mekkelholt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Mekkelholt comes out at 33 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

33.0 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.4 per 1,000

Burglaries

2.1 per 1,000

Property crime

13.2 per 1,000

Vandalism

4.9 per 1,000

In 2025, 116 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

0.5 km

GP practice

0.8 km

Train station

2.2 km

Restaurant

0.4 km

Hospital

2.4 km

Café

0.6 km

Library

0.9 km

Motorway ramp

1.1 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

€ 248,000

Welfare recipients

61.3 per 1,000

High incomes

13%

Low incomes

48%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

27%

Social housing

64%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

38%

Built after 2000

36%

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

7,036 inw/km²

Noise level

51 dB

Green surroundings

35%

Trees nearby

13%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,565

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

0.6 km

Households with children

25%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

0.5 km

Residents under 15

13%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

0–1513%
NL median 14%
15–2514%
NL median 11%
25–4530%
NL median 22%
45–6522%
NL median 28%
65+21%
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
1.8 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
55% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
25% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
7,036 — 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 Mekkelholt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Mekkelholt comes out at 33 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 Mekkelholt?

In Mekkelholt the police recorded 116 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (33 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 Mekkelholt calculated?

Mekkelholt scores 3.2 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 Mekkelholt 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.