neighbourhood in Hof van Twente
Markelo
3,780 residents · postal code 7475 · Part of Markelo, Hof van Twente
Safe streets, thinner wallets
Markelo owes its 7.7 for quiet & nature to three components at once: there is more greenery around than nationally, the tree canopy is above the median and the noise level below it. Surface water is entirely absent, and that pulls the score back down.
The 4.8 for wealth & income is the mirror image. Property value, the share of high incomes, the share of low incomes and social assistance all point the wrong way; only vacancy stays below the national median. With a property value well below the median, and that component carrying the most weight in this pillar, the score is no surprise.
Crime figures are far below the national level, which translates into an 8.8 for safety. Shopping, the GP and the school are all within a kilometre; the station in Hof van Twente is not.
- no. 3,158 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 13 of 44 in Hof van Twente
How Markelo scores
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Is Markelo a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Markelo comes out at 14 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Markelo 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, 61 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
Markelo has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 28%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4520%
NL median 22%
- 45–6527%
NL median 28%
- 65+28%
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
30% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
36% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,544 — far less 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 Markelo a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Markelo comes out at 14 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Markelo 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 Markelo?
In Markelo the police recorded 61 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 Markelo calculated?
Markelo scores 8.2 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 Markelo 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 Hof van Twente
Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Hof van Twente.
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