neighbourhood in Hengelo (O.)
't Wilbert
2,940 residents · postal code 7556 · Part of Hengelose Es, Hengelo (O.)
Everything close by, little space
In 't Wilbert the crime picture does something unusual: property offences are below the national median, while criminal damage sits at almost double above it. In most neighbourhoods it is exactly the other way round. Violence and burglary are slightly above, and together those four produce a 4.6.
The 3.0 for quiet & nature stands out in a place where nearly all homes are single-family houses. Stacking is not the cause here; it is the noise above the national level and the greenery around the neighbourhood, which stalls at barely more than half the national median. The tree canopy sits exactly on it.
Wealth & income sticks at a 3.7, and that is not down to one component. Property values are well below the national median, higher incomes below and lower ones above what is usual, and the social assistance rate is a multiple of the national one.
- no. 10,079 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 37 of 53 in Hengelo (O.)
How 't Wilbert scores
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Is 't Wilbert a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, 't Wilbert comes out at 26 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 98 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 't Wilbert looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–2513%
NL median 11%
- 25–4525%
NL median 22%
- 45–6529%
NL median 28%
- 65+20%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
40% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
35% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,995 — 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 't Wilbert a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, 't Wilbert comes out at 26 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in 't Wilbert?
In 't Wilbert the police recorded 98 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (26 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 't Wilbert calculated?
't Wilbert scores 4.2 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 't Wilbert 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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