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neighbourhood in Oldenzaal

De Essen

4,450 residents · postal code 7577 · Part of De Essen, Oldenzaal

  • no. 4,087 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 4 of 14 in Oldenzaal

Scores per pillar

Safety is the headline: a 9.6 and under ten offences per 1,000 people present put this district among the calmest in the country. It is emphatically family ground — 96 per cent single-family homes, 83 per cent owner-occupied and children in more than four of ten households. Amenities and housing are flatter, each at 6.0. Shops and services sit a slightly longer walk away.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
0.9 km
General practitioner
1.3 km
Primary school
1.1 km
Secondary school
1.8 km
Childcare
1.0 km
Train station
3.0 km
Hospital
2.9 km
Restaurant
0.8 km
Café
1.9 km
Library
2.4 km

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year (residents plus business activity, see method). Small neighbourhoods are statistically smoothed.

Total crimes
9.9
Violent crimes
0.3
Burglaries
0.6

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 366,000
Owner-occupied
83%
Single-family homes
96%
Built after 2000
2%
Income per resident
€ 33,000

Who lives here

0–15 17%15–25 11%25–45 24%45–65 27%65+ 20%
Average household size
2.4
Households with children
42%
Single-person households
25%
Residents per km²
4,159

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for De Essen calculated?

De Essen scores 7.7 overall. That is a weighted average of five pillars: safety, amenities, housing, social & income, and nature & quiet. Each pillar compares this neighbourhood with every other neighbourhood in the Netherlands, using open data from CBS and the police.

Is De Essen a safe neighbourhood?

De Essen scores 9.6 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (9.9 per year). The national median is around 24.1.