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Stadsveld-Zuid

1,845 residents · postal code 7545 · Part of Boswinkel - Stadsveld, Enschede

Bottom 12% in the Netherlands

How we calculate

Amenities in Stadsveld-Zuid score 9.6 — almost everything within three hundred metres — but on nearly every other pillar the neighbourhood sits near the bottom. Safety reaches only 2.7, with 57 offences per 1,000 people present, well over double the national median. More than half of households are single-person and 37 per cent of homes are owner-occupied. Property values stand at €248,000.

  • no. 11,550 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
  • no. 51 of 67 in Enschede

How Stadsveld-Zuid 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
56.9 per 1,000
Violent crime
3.8 per 1,000
Burglaries
1.6 per 1,000
Property crime
37.8 per 1,000
Vandalism
5.3 per 1,000

In 2025, 140 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
0.3 km
GP practice
0.3 km
Train station
3.0 km
Restaurant
0.3 km
Hospital
2.9 km
Café
1.1 km
Library
0.4 km
Motorway ramp
2.9 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
€ 248,000
Welfare recipients
54.2 per 1,000
High incomes
6%
Low incomes
53%
Vacancy
4%
Owner-occupied
37%
Social housing
45%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes
36%
Built after 2000
20%

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
6,416 inw/km²
Noise level
50 dB
Green surroundings
39%
Trees nearby
11%
Water share
0%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²
2,496
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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The figures

Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Primary school
0.4 km
Households with children
19%
Childcare
0.4 km
Secondary school
0.4 km
Residents under 15
10%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Stadsveld-Zuid has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 17%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

  • 0–1510%

    NL median 14%

  • 15–2517%

    NL median 11%

  • 25–4529%

    NL median 22%

  • 45–6524%

    NL median 28%

  • 65+20%

    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

    1.7smaller than average

    NL median 2.3

  • Single-person households

    55%far more than average

    NL median 31%

  • Households with children

    19%far fewer than average

    NL median 35%

  • Residents per km²

    6,416far 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 Stadsveld-Zuid calculated?

Stadsveld-Zuid scores 3.4 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 Stadsveld-Zuid 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 Stadsveld-Zuid a safe neighbourhood?

Stadsveld-Zuid scores 2.7 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (56.9 per year). The national median is around 24.1.

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Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Enschede.

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