neighbourhood in Lochem
Eefde
3,435 residents · postal code 7211 · Part of Gorssel, Lochem
Spacious and quiet, but not set up for children
Eefde scores 8.5 for quiet & nature, with a density among the lower ones in the country and a share of greenery well above the national median. The tree canopy is above it too. Anyone coming here for space will find it reflected in the figures.
The families score of 5.0 is the counterweight, and it does not come from the primary school — that stands seven hundred metres away. It lies with the population: more than three in ten residents are 65 or older and the share of children under fifteen stays below the national average.
The safety score of 7.6 hangs mainly on the low violence figure, about a third of the national median. Burglary is the exception: almost three times the national middle here. For a neighbourhood with plenty of open space and little through traffic, that is the component to watch.
- no. 5,669 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 20 of 36 in Lochem
How Eefde scores
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Is Eefde a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Eefde comes out at 18 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 73 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
Eefde has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 31%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1513%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4515%
NL median 22%
- 45–6531%
NL median 28%
- 65+31%
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
34% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
29% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,588 — 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 Eefde a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Eefde comes out at 18 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Eefde?
In Eefde the police recorded 73 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (18 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 Eefde calculated?
Eefde scores 6.7 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 Eefde 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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