neighbourhood in Lochem

Zuiderenk

3,845 residents · postal code 7242 · Part of Lochem kern, Lochem

Top 47% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

Zuiderenk produces a figure that only partly matches the rest of the picture. The wealth & income pillar stands at a 3.5, and three of its components do indeed point downwards: property values stay well below the Dutch median, high incomes occur half as often as nationally and social assistance runs far above. Vacancy, by contrast, is exceptionally low. So vacancy here is not a symptom of anything, and alongside this wealth figure that is worth noting.

Beyond that, this neighbourhood has the reach of a city. Supermarket, GP, school and restaurant are all within seven hundred metres and the railway station a good two kilometres away — hence the 9.2 for amenities.

On offences the reported number sits clearly below the Dutch median, but one category deviates: residential burglary occurs twice as often here as nationally. That pushes the safety pillar to a 7.3 rather than higher, because burglary weighs heavily in that calculation.

no. 6,109 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 23 of 36 in Lochem

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Is Zuiderenk a safe neighbourhood?

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

Total crime

16.5 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.8 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.2 per 1,000

Property crime

3.3 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.2 per 1,000

In 2025, 71 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.

Supermarket

0.4 km

GP practice

0.7 km

Train station

2.2 km

Restaurant

0.6 km

Hospital

1.4 km

Café

0.9 km

Library

1.0 km

Motorway ramp

1.6 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

€ 293,000

Welfare recipients

28.6 per 1,000

High incomes

10%

Low incomes

46%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

48%

Social housing

45%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

87%

Built after 2000

21%

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

5,606 inw/km²

Noise level

51 dB

Green surroundings

41%

Trees nearby

13%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,535

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.9 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

0.6 km

Households with children

34%

Childcare

0.7 km

Secondary school

1.9 km

Residents under 15

15%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Zuiderenk looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1515%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4524%
NL median 22%
45–6527%
NL median 28%
65+23%
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
38% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
34% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,606 — 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 Zuiderenk a safe neighbourhood?

How much crime is there in Zuiderenk?

In Zuiderenk the police recorded 71 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 Zuiderenk calculated?

Zuiderenk scores 6.5 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 Zuiderenk 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.