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neighbourhood in Enschede

Velve-Lindenhof

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

  • no. 12,585 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 57 of 67 in Enschede

Scores per pillar

Velve-Lindenhof, east of Enschede's centre, leans heavily on amenities: an 8.1, against a 2.8 overall and a 3.3 for safety. Seven in ten homes are single-family, yet half of all households are people living alone. At an average €276,000, homes are cheap by national standards. Nearly 30 crimes per thousand people present sits just above the national midpoint.

Amenities nearby

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Large supermarket
0.6 km
General practitioner
1.5 km
Primary school
0.5 km
Secondary school
0.9 km
Childcare
0.4 km
Train station
3.0 km
Hospital
2.5 km
Restaurant
0.4 km
Café
1.5 km
Library
2.2 km

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year (residents plus business activity, see method). Small neighbourhoods are statistically smoothed.

Total crimes
29.9
Violent crimes
1.7
Burglaries
2.2

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 276,000
Owner-occupied
44%
Single-family homes
71%
Built after 2000
26%
Income per resident
€ 28,000

Who lives here

0–15 14%15–25 15%25–45 29%45–65 26%65+ 16%
Average household size
1.9
Households with children
26%
Single-person households
50%
Residents per km²
6,439

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Velve-Lindenhof calculated?

Velve-Lindenhof scores 2.8 overall. That is a weighted average of five pillars: safety, amenities, housing, social & income, and nature & quiet. Each pillar compares this neighbourhood with every other neighbourhood in the Netherlands, using open data from CBS and the police.

Is Velve-Lindenhof a safe neighbourhood?

Velve-Lindenhof scores 3.3 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (29.9 per year). The national median is around 24.1.