neighbourhood in Hengelo (O.)
Bovenhoek
2,105 residents · postal code 7558 · Part of Hasseler Es, Hengelo (O.)
Safe streets, thinner wallets
Bovenhoek has the crime figures of a quiet neighbourhood, with one exception: burglary runs at nearly twice the national median. Violence, vandalism and property crime all stay well below it. That barely moves the 8.7 on that pillar, since burglary weighs less than violence — for people living here it makes rather more difference.
The wealth & income pillar gets no further than 4.9, and not from a single direction. Property values stay below the median, the income spread sits almost exactly on it, and only the social assistance rate stands out, at nearly double the national level. There is more movement behind the score than it shows.
A quarter of residents are over sixty-five; the share of children is ordinary. The 5.7 for families fits a primary school just under a kilometre away.
- no. 5,371 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 21 of 53 in Hengelo (O.)
How Bovenhoek scores
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Is Bovenhoek a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Bovenhoek comes out at 14 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Bovenhoek is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 27 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 Bovenhoek looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1516%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4524%
NL median 22%
- 45–6524%
NL median 28%
- 65+25%
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
28% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
35% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,876 — 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 Bovenhoek a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Bovenhoek comes out at 14 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Bovenhoek is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Bovenhoek?
In Bovenhoek the police recorded 27 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (14 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 Bovenhoek calculated?
Bovenhoek scores 6.9 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 Bovenhoek 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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Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Hengelo (O.).
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