neighbourhood in Epe
Buitengebied Epe West
930 residents · postal code 8162 · Part of Epe, Epe
Spacious and quiet, but not set up for children
More than nine in ten square metres around Buitengebied Epe West are green and the tree canopy there is four times as dense as nationally. Add fifty-nine residents per square kilometre and a noise level more than eleven decibels below the Dutch middle, and a 9.8 for quiet & nature speaks for itself.
The property value runs two thirds above the national median and there is no social assistance. What tempers the 9.0 for wealth & income is vacancy: it comes out at three times the national middle, which for a neighbourhood in this price bracket is striking.
The 3.3 for families comes from the primary school two kilometres away. A third of households here have children and a tenth of residents are under fifteen — that share does little against the distance.
- no. 3,593 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 13 of 28 in Epe
How Buitengebied Epe West scores
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Is Buitengebied Epe West a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Buitengebied Epe West comes out at 22 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.
In 2025, 29 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
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The figures ⌄Amenities
Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄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.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Quiet & nature
How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
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
The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Tick = Dutch median
Who lives here
Buitengebied Epe West has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 29%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1511%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4520%
NL median 22%
- 45–6531%
NL median 28%
- 65+29%
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
24% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
33% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
59 — far less 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 Buitengebied Epe West a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Buitengebied Epe West comes out at 22 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 Buitengebied Epe West?
In Buitengebied Epe West the police recorded 29 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 Buitengebied Epe West calculated?
Buitengebied Epe West scores 7.9 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 Buitengebied Epe 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.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Epe
Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Epe.