neighbourhood in Hellendoorn
De Blokken
2,090 residents · postal code 7442 · Part of Nijverdal Oost, Hellendoorn
Everything for children close by, thinner wallets
Supermarket, GP and primary school in De Blokken are all four hundred metres away, and the station one and a half kilometres. That produces an 8.5 for amenities and at the same time carries the 9.0 for families — two pillars resting on the same short distances, but to different destinations.
Wealth & income is the exception at 3.6. The share of households on a high income is less than half the national median, social assistance nearly four times above it, and property values far below the median. Only vacancy is low, at one per cent.
The tree canopy here is over one and a half times as dense as usual, which holds the quiet & nature pillar at 6.4 despite a sound level slightly above the median.
- no. 3,188 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 26 of 38 in Hellendoorn
How De Blokken scores
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Is De Blokken a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Blokken comes out at 20 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.
In 2025, 43 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
The age profile of De Blokken looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4527%
NL median 22%
- 45–6526%
NL median 28%
- 65+21%
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
38% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
32% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,557 — 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 De Blokken a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Blokken comes out at 20 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 De Blokken?
In De Blokken the police recorded 43 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (20 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 De Blokken calculated?
De Blokken scores 8.2 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 De Blokken 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.
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