neighbourhood in Enschede

Wesselerbrink Zuid-West

2,745 residents · postal code 7544 · Part of Enschede-Zuid, Enschede

Bottom 26% in the Netherlands

Plenty of space, less prosperity

The number of recorded offences in Wesselerbrink Zuid-West sits close to the national middle, and yet the safety score is a 3.8. That lies in the burglaries: they run at a multiple of the median here, and within that pillar burglary carries as much weight as property crime and vandalism combined. Theft, by contrast, is on the low side.

The 8.4 for quiet and nature is striking for a neighbourhood with more than four thousand residents per square kilometre. Noise levels stay below the national middle and the tree canopy is almost twice as dense as average. It is quiet here because of the layout, then, not because few people live here.

Against that stands the wealth pillar, unfavourable on every component: a property value far below the median, few high incomes, many low ones, and a social assistance rate well above the national figure. The railway station is almost six kilometres away. Anyone living here without a car and working outside Enschede depends on the bus.

no. 9,712 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 37 of 67 in Enschede

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Is Wesselerbrink Zuid-West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Wesselerbrink Zuid-West comes out at 26 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch 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

26.5 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

3.6 per 1,000

Property crime

7.7 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.8 per 1,000

In 2025, 83 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

0.4 km

GP practice

0.8 km

Train station

5.7 km

Restaurant

1.0 km

Hospital

4.6 km

Café

1.8 km

Library

1.4 km

Motorway ramp

2.7 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

€ 247,000

Welfare recipients

83.8 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

54%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

44%

Social housing

48%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

58%

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

4,139 inw/km²

Noise level

47 dB

Green surroundings

52%

Trees nearby

17%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,886

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

0.8 km

Households with children

37%

Childcare

0.7 km

Secondary school

1.5 km

Residents under 15

17%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Wesselerbrink Zuid-West has strikingly few residents aged 65 and over: 15%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1517%
NL median 14%
15–2514%
NL median 11%
25–4527%
NL median 22%
45–6527%
NL median 28%
65+15%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
43% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
37% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,139 — 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-West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Wesselerbrink Zuid-West comes out at 26 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Wesselerbrink Zuid-West?

In Wesselerbrink Zuid-West the police recorded 83 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (26 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-West calculated?

Wesselerbrink Zuid-West scores 4.4 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-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.