neighbourhood in Enschede

Velve-Lindenhof

4,760 residents · postal code 7533 · Part of Hogeland - Velve, Enschede

Bottom 10% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, thinner wallets

Of the four types of offence in Velve-Lindenhof one stands out: burglary runs at more than three times the national median, while vandalism stays below it. That is a different profile from what the neighbourhood average suggests, and one a resident can act on — it concerns homes, not the street.

The 2.9 for wealth & income is the side of this place that needs no qualification: property value, income distribution and social assistance all point firmly downwards, and social assistance is a multiple of the national median. Only vacancy sits exactly on the median and so points nowhere.

Against that stands a 7.9 for families, carried by the short distance to the primary school. The GP is considerably further off, but that counts in a different pillar and therefore does not explain this figure.

no. 11,791 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 53 of 67 in Enschede

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Is Velve-Lindenhof a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Velve-Lindenhof comes out at 30 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more 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

29.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.2 per 1,000

Burglaries

2.2 per 1,000

Property crime

11.5 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.1 per 1,000

In 2025, 178 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

1.5 km

Train station

3.0 km

Restaurant

0.4 km

Hospital

2.5 km

Café

1.5 km

Library

2.2 km

Motorway ramp

2.3 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

€ 276,000

Welfare recipients

48.3 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

49%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

44%

Social housing

43%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

71%

Built after 2000

26%

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

6,439 inw/km²

Noise level

52 dB

Green surroundings

38%

Trees nearby

14%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,636

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

0.4 km

Secondary school

0.9 km

Residents under 15

14%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–2515%
NL median 11%
25–4529%
NL median 22%
45–6526%
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
1.9 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
50% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
26% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,439 — 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 Velve-Lindenhof a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Velve-Lindenhof comes out at 30 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. 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 Velve-Lindenhof?

In Velve-Lindenhof the police recorded 178 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (30 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 Velve-Lindenhof calculated?

Velve-Lindenhof scores 3.2 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 Velve-Lindenhof 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.