neighbourhood in Enschede

Wesselerbrink Noord-West

4,550 residents · postal code 7544 · Part of Enschede-Zuid, Enschede

Bottom 14% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, thinner wallets

The wealth & income pillar of Wesselerbrink Noord-West stands at 2.9, and that outcome cannot be pinned on one component. Property value is far below the national median, the top income group is half of what is usual, the bottom one is one and a half times as broad and the social assistance rate is a multiple of the national level. Only vacancy sits exactly on the average.

Among the offences every type lies above the national median, violence and theft most clearly. That makes the 4.1 for safety a broad score, not an outlier on a single item.

Set against that is an 8.0 for families, and it comes almost entirely from the distance to the primary school: six hundred metres. The tree canopy around the homes is also nearly twice as thick as is usual nationally — plenty of green around the neighbourhood, little money in it.

no. 11,299 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 46 of 67 in Enschede

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Is Wesselerbrink Noord-West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Wesselerbrink Noord-West 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

29.5 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.2 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.9 per 1,000

Property crime

10.9 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 165 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

1.1 km

GP practice

0.7 km

Train station

4.8 km

Restaurant

0.7 km

Hospital

3.7 km

Café

1.3 km

Library

1.2 km

Motorway ramp

2.0 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

€ 289,000

Welfare recipients

61.5 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

56%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

29%

Social housing

66%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

53%

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

4,087 inw/km²

Noise level

55 dB

Green surroundings

47%

Trees nearby

16%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,312

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

0.6 km

Households with children

34%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

0.7 km

Residents under 15

15%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Wesselerbrink Noord-West looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1515%
NL median 14%
15–2513%
NL median 11%
25–4523%
NL median 22%
45–6524%
NL median 28%
65+24%
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
43% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
34% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,087 — 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 Wesselerbrink Noord-West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Wesselerbrink Noord-West 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 Wesselerbrink Noord-West?

In Wesselerbrink Noord-West the police recorded 165 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 Wesselerbrink Noord-West calculated?

Wesselerbrink Noord-West scores 3.5 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 Wesselerbrink Noord-West 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.