neighbourhood in Hengelo (O.)
Middelhoek
1,540 residents · postal code 7558 · Part of Hasseler Es, Hengelo (O.)
Safe streets, thinner wallets
Middelhoek puts a 9.2 for safety next to a 5.2 for wealth & income, and the two come from very different places. Violence and property crime stay clearly below the national middle, and so does vandalism; only burglary sits exactly on it. Those first two carry the most weight, and that is where the high score comes from.
The wealth score drops on two points. Property values are well below the national median and the rate of social assistance is well above it. The income distribution itself barely differs from the national picture and vacancy is low, so the picture is mixed rather than uniformly weak.
The 8.1 for families rests mainly on the short distance to the primary school. That a quarter of residents are 65 or older changes nothing there: that figure says something about access, not about who lives here.
- no. 2,436 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 9 of 53 in Hengelo (O.)
How Middelhoek scores
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Is Middelhoek a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Middelhoek comes out at 12 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Middelhoek 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, 14 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 Middelhoek looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1516%
NL median 14%
- 15–2512%
NL median 11%
- 25–4522%
NL median 22%
- 45–6526%
NL median 28%
- 65+24%
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
2.4 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
23% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
40% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,383 — 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 Middelhoek a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Middelhoek comes out at 12 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Middelhoek 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 Middelhoek?
In Middelhoek the police recorded 14 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (12 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 Middelhoek calculated?
Middelhoek scores 8.6 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 Middelhoek 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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