neighbourhood in Enschede

Wesselerbrink Zuid-Oost

4,355 residents · postal code 7544 · Part of Enschede-Zuid, Enschede

Bottom 28% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, thinner wallets

Wesselerbrink Zuid-Oost records fewer offences than the median Dutch neighbourhood and still ends up with only a 4.6 for safety. The explanation lies in one type: burglary here runs at more than six times the national level, and residential burglary weighs more in that pillar than the overall crime figure. Property offences are actually rare.

The wealth & income pillar comes out at a 2.6 with every component pointing the same way: five per cent of households in the top income group, almost six in ten in the bottom, and a social assistance rate of nearly ten times the median.

The 9.3 for families stands in sharp contrast. The primary school is four hundred metres away and almost four in ten households have children — on that count this is one of the country's stronger neighbourhoods.

no. 9,443 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 34 of 67 in Enschede

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Is Wesselerbrink Zuid-Oost a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Wesselerbrink Zuid-Oost comes out at 22 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer 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

21.6 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.6 per 1,000

Burglaries

3.9 per 1,000

Property crime

4.1 per 1,000

Vandalism

4.1 per 1,000

In 2025, 103 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

0.9 km

GP practice

0.9 km

Train station

5.4 km

Restaurant

0.7 km

Hospital

4.1 km

Café

0.4 km

Library

1.0 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

€ 255,000

Welfare recipients

75.8 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

59%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

31%

Social housing

54%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

60%

Built after 2000

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

7,267 inw/km²

Noise level

48 dB

Green surroundings

51%

Trees nearby

18%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,867

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.6 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

37%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

1.7 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Wesselerbrink Zuid-Oost has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 28%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–2513%
NL median 11%
25–4520%
NL median 22%
45–6524%
NL median 28%
65+28%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
38% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
37% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
7,267 — 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 Zuid-Oost a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Wesselerbrink Zuid-Oost comes out at 22 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Wesselerbrink Zuid-Oost?

In Wesselerbrink Zuid-Oost the police recorded 103 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (22 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 Zuid-Oost calculated?

Wesselerbrink Zuid-Oost scores 4.6 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 Zuid-Oost 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.