neighbourhood in Hellendoorn

Kruidenwijk Oost

2,480 residents · postal code 7443 · Part of Kruidenwijk, Hellendoorn

Top 16% in the Netherlands

Safe streets, thinner wallets

Kruidenwijk Oost ranks among the safest neighbourhoods in the country with a 9.9, and the underlying offence figures support it: all four types are below the national median, burglary at a fraction of it.

The 4.4 for wealth & income is the figure that surprises given so many owner-occupied homes. The picture is mixed: the property value is clearly below the median and the social assistance rate is more than three times the Dutch average, while the share of households on a low income sits exactly around that average. Property value, at almost forty per cent, is the heaviest component of that pillar, and here it is decisive. The 6.6 for quiet & nature fits a noise level well below the national middle and greenery slightly above it.

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no. 15 of 38 in Hellendoorn

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Is Kruidenwijk Oost a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Kruidenwijk Oost comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Kruidenwijk 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

15.4 per 1,000

Violent crime

0.4 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.1 per 1,000

Property crime

3.7 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.6 per 1,000

In 2025, 37 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

0.8 km

GP practice

0.5 km

Train station

2.9 km

Restaurant

0.6 km

Hospital

11.0 km

Café

2.8 km

Library

3.2 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

€ 324,000

Welfare recipients

24.2 per 1,000

High incomes

13%

Low incomes

39%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

65%

Social housing

31%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

86%

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

6,125 inw/km²

Noise level

46 dB

Green surroundings

57%

Trees nearby

14%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

771

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

39%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

4.2 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Kruidenwijk Oost has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 14%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–2514%
NL median 11%
25–4526%
NL median 22%
45–6529%
NL median 28%
65+16%
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
39% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,125 — 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 Kruidenwijk Oost a safe neighbourhood?

How much crime is there in Kruidenwijk Oost?

In Kruidenwijk Oost the police recorded 37 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (15 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 Kruidenwijk Oost calculated?

Kruidenwijk Oost scores 8.8 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 Kruidenwijk 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.