neighbourhood in Hengelo (O.)
Woolder Es
2,640 residents · postal code 7555 · Part of Woolde, Hengelo (O.)
Everything for children close by, and little room
The total number of reported offences in Woolder Es is above the national median, but none of the four itemised types is: violence, property crime and vandalism are below it, burglary sits exactly on it. Together they do not even cover half of all reports — whatever pushes the figure up is not in that breakdown.
Wealth & income comes out at 4.7, and that traces back almost entirely to two things: property values below the national median, and a social assistance rate close to three times the national middle. The income distribution itself barely deviates — both groups sit at the national median.
With almost a third of residents over 65 and a primary school five hundred metres away, the 8.4 for families is above all a distance score.
- no. 5,033 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 18 of 53 in Hengelo (O.)
How Woolder Es scores
Do some of these matter more to you than others?
Is Woolder Es a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Woolder Es 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, 84 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
The safest neighbourhoods in Hengelo (O.) →The most dangerous neighbourhoods in Hengelo (O.) →
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
Woolder Es has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 32%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–259%
NL median 11%
- 25–4520%
NL median 22%
- 45–6525%
NL median 28%
- 65+32%
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
32% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
32% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,625 — 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 Woolder Es a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Woolder Es 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 Woolder Es?
In Woolder Es the police recorded 84 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 Woolder Es calculated?
Woolder Es scores 7.1 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 Woolder Es 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.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Hengelo (O.)
Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Hengelo (O.).
Highest grades
More about this area
Nearby neighbourhoods
Woolde
Hengelo (O.)
Weidedorp
Hengelo (O.)
Binnenstad West
Hengelo (O.)
Tuindorp 't Lansink
Hengelo (O.)
Nijverheid
Hengelo (O.)
Bedrijventerrein Westermaat Zuidwest
Hengelo (O.)