neighbourhood in Enschede

't Zwering

2,000 residents · postal code 7545 · Part of Boswinkel - Stadsveld, Enschede

Top 9% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, and nowhere weak

A 9.2 for families in a place where a quarter of residents are over 65 and only fourteen per cent are under fifteen: 't Zwering shows what that pillar really measures. The primary school is five hundred metres away, and school distance counts for more in it than the number of children living there.

The wealth & income pillar comes out at 6.9. Property values are above the national median and the share of high-income households well above it, while vacancy sits exactly on the median and the rate of social assistance just above. Comfortable, not markedly prosperous.

The crime picture is mixed. The total is below the national median and burglaries are rare here, but violence is above the national median. That holds safety to 8.1, high but not spotless; the overall 9.3 comes from the broad middle of everything else.

no. 1,145 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 5 of 67 in Enschede

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Is 't Zwering a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, 't Zwering comes out at 19 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.

Total crime

19.3 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.1 per 1,000

Property crime

5.8 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.4 per 1,000

In 2025, 43 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

0.8 km

GP practice

1.0 km

Train station

3.4 km

Restaurant

0.8 km

Hospital

3.5 km

Café

1.4 km

Library

0.6 km

Motorway ramp

2.8 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

€ 454,000

Welfare recipients

10.0 per 1,000

High incomes

25%

Low incomes

33%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

75%

Social housing

20%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

81%

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

3,020 inw/km²

Noise level

53 dB

Green surroundings

49%

Trees nearby

13%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,652

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

0.5 km

Households with children

39%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

0.6 km

Residents under 15

14%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of 't Zwering looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4519%
NL median 22%
45–6531%
NL median 28%
65+25%
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
2.4 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
20% — far fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
39% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,020 — 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 't Zwering a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, 't Zwering comes out at 19 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 't Zwering?

In 't Zwering the police recorded 43 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (19 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 't Zwering calculated?

't Zwering scores 9.3 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 't Zwering 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.