neighbourhood in Enschede

Varvik-Diekman

3,410 residents · postal code 7541 · Part of Hogeland - Velve, Enschede

Bottom 16% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, safety lags

Sixty per cent of reported offences in Varvik-Diekman are property crime, almost five times the national median. Violence and burglary are above it too, but far less pronounced. So it is chiefly that one type pushing the safety pillar down to 2.7.

The wealth & income pillar sits close by and has no bright spot at all: low property values, few high-income households, almost half on a low income, a social assistance rate nearly seven times the national middle and vacancy at double the median.

That the families pillar nonetheless reaches 8.5 says something about what that pillar measures. The primary school is six hundred metres away and a third of households have children; income plays no part in that figure. Anyone looking here with children therefore gets two very different answers, depending on which pillar they open.

no. 11,004 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 44 of 67 in Enschede

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Is Varvik-Diekman 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

73.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.6 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.8 per 1,000

Property crime

44.4 per 1,000

Vandalism

6.2 per 1,000

In 2025, 380 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

0.4 km

Train station

3.4 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

1.7 km

Café

0.6 km

Library

2.2 km

Motorway ramp

1.8 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

€ 329,000

Welfare recipients

52.8 per 1,000

High incomes

14%

Low incomes

47%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

47%

Social housing

46%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

77%

Built after 2000

12%

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

2,107 inw/km²

Noise level

54 dB

Green surroundings

44%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,381

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.7 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

33%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

0.6 km

Residents under 15

15%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Varvik-Diekman looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1515%
NL median 14%
15–2513%
NL median 11%
25–4524%
NL median 22%
45–6529%
NL median 28%
65+19%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
42% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
33% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,107 — less 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 Varvik-Diekman a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Varvik-Diekman comes out at 74 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Varvik-Diekman 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 Varvik-Diekman?

In Varvik-Diekman the police recorded 380 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (74 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 Varvik-Diekman calculated?

Varvik-Diekman scores 3.7 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 Varvik-Diekman 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.