neighbourhood in Lochem

Laren

1,780 residents · postal code 7245 · Part of Laren, Lochem

Top 34% in the Netherlands

Safe, but few children

Laren records less than half the national number of registered offences, and yet one type stands far above the rest: household burglary here is more than six times the Dutch median. Violence and vandalism, by contrast, are rare. For anyone living here that is a concrete warning the 8.4 for safety does not show: the risk is at the front door, not on the street.

The 5.5 for wealth & income needs nuance. Property value is above the national middle and the share of social assistance below it, but the top income group here is thinner than nationally and the bottom one broader. This is not a poor neighbourhood, but it is one without many top incomes. With school and daily shopping within half a kilometre and the station just over six kilometres away, Laren is complete in itself, as long as you do not need the train every day.

no. 4,386 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 12 of 36 in Lochem

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Is Laren a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Laren comes out at 16 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Laren is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.

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Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

15.6 per 1,000

Violent crime

0.8 per 1,000

Burglaries

3.8 per 1,000

Property crime

4.2 per 1,000

Vandalism

0.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 31 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

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Amenities

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Supermarket

0.5 km

GP practice

0.6 km

Train station

6.1 km

Restaurant

0.4 km

Hospital

6.8 km

Café

5.0 km

Library

6.3 km

Motorway ramp

0.7 km

Tick = Dutch median

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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.

Property value

€ 434,000

Welfare recipients

5.6 per 1,000

High incomes

14%

Low incomes

45%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

70%

Social housing

20%

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Single-family homes

83%

Built after 2000

29%

Tick = Dutch median

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Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.

Population density

2,043 inw/km²

Noise level

53 dB

Green surroundings

74%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Addresses per km²

310

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.5 µg/m³

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

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Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.

Primary school

0.7 km

Households with children

30%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

6.5 km

Residents under 15

13%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Laren 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%
25–4517%
NL median 22%
45–6528%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
33% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
30% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,043 — 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 Laren a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Laren comes out at 16 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Laren 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 Laren?

In Laren the police recorded 31 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (16 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 Laren calculated?

Laren scores 7.5 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 Laren 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.