neighbourhood in Oldenzaal
Haerbroek-Scholtenhoek
1,775 residents · postal code 7573 · Part of Haerbroek-Scholtenhoek, Oldenzaal
Safe, but few children
Haerbroek-Scholtenhoek scores well above the national middle on four of the five pillars, which adds up to a 9.9. The only figure that lags behind is the 5.8 for families, and the explanation is not distance: the primary school is less than a kilometre away. It lies in who lives here. More than a third of residents are 65 or older and the share of children is small, and that counts in that pillar.
Within the safety pillar, burglary is the only type above the national median — double it, in fact, while violence, property crime and vandalism all stay far below. For residents that is a concrete point: the risk is at the front door, not on the street.
- no. 248 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 1 of 14 in Oldenzaal
How Haerbroek-Scholtenhoek scores
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Is Haerbroek-Scholtenhoek a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Haerbroek-Scholtenhoek comes out at 12 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Haerbroek-Scholtenhoek 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, 19 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
Haerbroek-Scholtenhoek has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 36%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1512%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4514%
NL median 22%
- 45–6528%
NL median 28%
- 65+36%
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
30% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
31% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,593 — 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 Haerbroek-Scholtenhoek a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Haerbroek-Scholtenhoek comes out at 12 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Haerbroek-Scholtenhoek 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 Haerbroek-Scholtenhoek?
In Haerbroek-Scholtenhoek the police recorded 19 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (12 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 Haerbroek-Scholtenhoek calculated?
Haerbroek-Scholtenhoek scores 9.9 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 Haerbroek-Scholtenhoek 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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Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Oldenzaal.
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