neighbourhood in Enschede

Twekkelerveld

4,290 residents · postal code 7521 · Part of Twekkelerveld - T.H.T., Enschede

Bottom 7% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

All four offence types in Twekkelerveld are above the national median, violence most of all. That is why safety stands at a 2.7: violence is the heaviest component of that pillar, and no type pulls the figure back up.

Wealth & income comes to 2.5 and there every component points the same way. The number of social assistance benefits per thousand residents is more than ten times the national level, property value around half the median, and the share of higher incomes far below it.

Against that stands a 9.2 for amenities: shop, GP and school are all within five hundred metres, the station slightly further. What is missing here is not accessibility. For residents that means: the city is close by, the means to make use of it less so.

no. 12,161 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 59 of 67 in Enschede

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Is Twekkelerveld a safe 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

38.4 per 1,000

Violent crime

6.6 per 1,000

Burglaries

2.2 per 1,000

Property crime

11.3 per 1,000

Vandalism

4.3 per 1,000

In 2025, 201 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

0.5 km

Train station

1.5 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

3.7 km

Café

0.8 km

Library

0.6 km

Motorway ramp

3.4 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

€ 221,000

Welfare recipients

83.9 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

57%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

20%

Social housing

75%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

46%

Built after 2000

10%

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

5,072 inw/km²

Noise level

53 dB

Green surroundings

37%

Trees nearby

11%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,408

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.4 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

0.4 km

Households with children

22%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

0.8 km

Residents under 15

12%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

0–1512%
NL median 14%
15–2517%
NL median 11%
25–4532%
NL median 22%
45–6524%
NL median 28%
65+16%
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
22% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,072 — 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 Twekkelerveld a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Twekkelerveld comes out at 38 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Twekkelerveld is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes. 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 Twekkelerveld?

In Twekkelerveld the police recorded 201 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (38 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 Twekkelerveld calculated?

Twekkelerveld scores 3.0 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 Twekkelerveld 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.