neighbourhood in Enschede

Ribbelt-Ribbelerbrink

1,865 residents · postal code 7531 · Part of Ribbelt - Stokhorst, Enschede

Bottom 16% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

The overall crime rate in Ribbelt-Ribbelerbrink sits practically on the national median, and yet the safety pillar gets no further than 4.1. The explanation lies in the composition: violence runs at one and a half times the middle and burglary at nearly three times, while theft stays below it. Those first two together make up almost sixty percent of the pillar. An average total can hide an unfavourable mix.

The wealth & income pillar is weak across its full width at 2.9: low property value, a thinly filled top income group, over half in the bottom one and social assistance at nearly seven times the median. More than half of households consist of one person. What the neighbourhood does deliver is proximity — school, supermarket and GP are all within a kilometre.

no. 11,092 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 45 of 67 in Enschede

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Is Ribbelt-Ribbelerbrink a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Ribbelt-Ribbelerbrink 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

24.2 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.4 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.6 per 1,000

Property crime

7.4 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 52 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

0.9 km

Train station

3.1 km

Restaurant

0.4 km

Hospital

2.6 km

Café

0.6 km

Library

1.7 km

Motorway ramp

1.3 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

€ 250,000

Welfare recipients

53.6 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

52%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

43%

Social housing

43%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

76%

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

6,288 inw/km²

Noise level

51 dB

Green surroundings

29%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,856

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

0.5 km

Households with children

26%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

0.4 km

Residents under 15

12%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Ribbelt-Ribbelerbrink has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 16%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1512%
NL median 14%
15–2516%
NL median 11%
25–4529%
NL median 22%
45–6526%
NL median 28%
65+17%
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
51% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
26% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,288 — 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 Ribbelt-Ribbelerbrink a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Ribbelt-Ribbelerbrink 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 Ribbelt-Ribbelerbrink?

In Ribbelt-Ribbelerbrink the police recorded 52 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 Ribbelt-Ribbelerbrink calculated?

Ribbelt-Ribbelerbrink scores 3.6 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 Ribbelt-Ribbelerbrink 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.