neighbourhood in Hengelo (O.)
Groot Driene Zuid
2,490 residents · postal code 7552 · Part of Groot Driene, Hengelo (O.)
Spacious and quiet, without a weak spot
Social assistance does not occur in Groot Driene Zuid, and with a property value below the Dutch middle that is not an obvious combination. Together with an income distribution slightly more favourable than the national one, that produces a 7.3 for wealth & income.
The 8.3 for quiet & nature comes from greenery and tree canopy around it, both well above the national level, and from a noise level below it. On safety there is one exception to an otherwise calm picture: break-ins are recorded almost four times as often as nationally, while violence, theft and vandalism stay well below. That costs points in the pillar where burglary carries more than a quarter of the weight, and still an 8.1 remains. With more than a quarter of residents over 65, the 7.2 for families comes mainly from the short distance to school.
- no. 1,178 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 5 of 53 in Hengelo (O.)
How Groot Driene Zuid scores
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Is Groot Driene Zuid a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Groot Driene Zuid comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Groot Driene Zuid 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, 40 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 Groot Driene Zuid looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–2512%
NL median 11%
- 25–4520%
NL median 22%
- 45–6526%
NL median 28%
- 65+27%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
33% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
32% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,223 — 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 Groot Driene Zuid a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Groot Driene Zuid comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Groot Driene Zuid 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 Groot Driene Zuid?
In Groot Driene Zuid the police recorded 40 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 Groot Driene Zuid calculated?
Groot Driene Zuid scores 9.3 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 Groot Driene Zuid 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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