neighbourhood in Ermelo

Ermelo - Oost

2,955 residents · postal code 3852 · Part of Schil rondom het centrum, Ermelo

Top 8% in the Netherlands

Safe streets, thinner wallets

The tree canopy around Ermelo - Oost covers almost forty per cent of the surrounding area, a multiple of the national share, and greenery is far above the median alongside it. Together with a noise level below the national median that produces an 8.4 for quiet & nature, a figure rarely reached in inhabited neighbourhoods.

The safety score stands just as firm: without exception the types of offence are below the national median, and violence far below it.

What you give up here is in the amenities pillar. Supermarket and GP are both more than a kilometre away, and that pushes the figure down to 6.0 despite a station that is close by. The wealth & income pillar stays mid-table at 5.2: property value is above the national level, but the rate of social assistance more than three times above it.

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Is Ermelo - Oost a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Ermelo - Oost comes out at 13 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Ermelo - Oost is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.

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Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

12.7 per 1,000

Violent crime

0.6 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.3 per 1,000

Property crime

3.5 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.8 per 1,000

In 2025, 38 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

1.2 km

GP practice

1.8 km

Train station

2.4 km

Restaurant

0.9 km

Hospital

5.3 km

Café

1.1 km

Library

2.2 km

Motorway ramp

0.8 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

€ 443,000

Welfare recipients

27.1 per 1,000

High incomes

18%

Low incomes

42%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

54%

Social housing

44%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

91%

Built after 2000

12%

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

3,487 inw/km²

Noise level

48 dB

Green surroundings

72%

Trees nearby

39%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,078

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.0 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

0.5 km

Households with children

36%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

2.0 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4518%
NL median 22%
45–6528%
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
29% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
36% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,487 — 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 Ermelo - Oost a safe neighbourhood?

How much crime is there in Ermelo - Oost?

In Ermelo - Oost the police recorded 38 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (13 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 Ermelo - Oost calculated?

Ermelo - Oost scores 9.4 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 Ermelo - 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.