neighbourhood in Hengelo (O.)

Berflo Es Noord

3,585 residents · postal code 7553 · Part of Berflo Es, Hengelo (O.)

Bottom 5% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

Berflo Es Noord has everything within walking distance — shop, GP, school and even the station are a kilometre or less away — producing an 8.8 for amenities. The price shows in quiet & nature, which stalls at 2.6. Greenery within three hundred metres comes to less than half the national median and there is barely any tree canopy; that is a heavier shortfall than the traffic noise, which is only slightly above the middle.

The 4.5 for families is not about the distance to school, which is ordinary. It is about who lives here: more than half of all households are single-person and the share with children stays far below the Dutch middle.

The social assistance rate here runs at a multiple of the national median.

no. 12,486 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 51 of 53 in Hengelo (O.)

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Is Berflo Es Noord a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Berflo Es Noord comes out at 30 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more 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.

Total crime

29.6 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.4 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.1 per 1,000

Property crime

10.8 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.8 per 1,000

In 2025, 136 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

0.5 km

GP practice

0.8 km

Train station

1.1 km

Restaurant

0.6 km

Hospital

2.8 km

Café

0.7 km

Library

1.3 km

Motorway ramp

3.4 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

€ 251,000

Welfare recipients

41.8 per 1,000

High incomes

13%

Low incomes

42%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

44%

Social housing

43%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

48%

Built after 2000

15%

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

5,283 inw/km²

Noise level

55 dB

Green surroundings

22%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,570

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

0.8 km

Households with children

21%

Childcare

0.8 km

Secondary school

1.6 km

Residents under 15

10%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Berflo Es Noord has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 33%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1510%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4533%
NL median 22%
45–6526%
NL median 28%
65+19%
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
1.7 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
55% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
21% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,283 — 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 Berflo Es Noord a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Berflo Es Noord comes out at 30 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. One caveat: the figure counts per person present, not per resident. In a neighbourhood with many visitors — a centre, a station, a shopping area — it therefore comes out higher than residents experience. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Berflo Es Noord?

In Berflo Es Noord the police recorded 136 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (30 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 Berflo Es Noord calculated?

Berflo Es Noord scores 2.8 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 Berflo Es Noord 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.