neighbourhood in Olst-Wijhe

Wijhe Centrum

2,590 residents · postal code 8131 · Part of Wijhe, Olst-Wijhe

Top 45% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

In Wijhe Centrum, things go missing. Property crime is at more than twice the national level, while violence stays below the median — that is the profile of a village centre with shops and bicycles, not of a place where you would rather stay indoors after dark. The 5.8 for safety therefore overstates the risk a resident actually runs.

The 9.5 for amenities is exceptional for a place this size: shop, GP, restaurant and a railway station, all within a kilometre. For a village it is the station that is the rarity, not the supermarket.

The low families score fits the population. A third of residents are over sixty-five, and that share pushes the pillar down even though the school is round the corner. The 4.0 for wealth & income comes from a property value below the median and more low incomes than is nationally usual.

no. 5,786 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 12 of 23 in Olst-Wijhe

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Is Wijhe Centrum a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Wijhe Centrum comes out at 35 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more 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.

Total crime

35.3 per 1,000

Violent crime

0.9 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.9 per 1,000

Property crime

21.4 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 119 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

0.4 km

GP practice

0.7 km

Train station

0.7 km

Restaurant

0.3 km

Hospital

9.3 km

Café

0.8 km

Library

0.5 km

Motorway ramp

0.6 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

€ 346,000

Welfare recipients

15.4 per 1,000

High incomes

13%

Low incomes

43%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

55%

Social housing

31%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

65%

Built after 2000

16%

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

1,923 inw/km²

Noise level

55 dB

Green surroundings

58%

Trees nearby

10%

Water share

11%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

672

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.6 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

26%

Childcare

1.7 km

Secondary school

1.7 km

Residents under 15

13%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Wijhe Centrum has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 34%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1513%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4520%
NL median 22%
45–6522%
NL median 28%
65+34%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
42% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
26% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,923 — 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 Wijhe Centrum a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Wijhe Centrum comes out at 35 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. One caveat: the figure counts per person present, not per resident. In a neighbourhood with many visitors — a centre, a station, a shopping area — it therefore comes out higher than residents experience. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Wijhe Centrum?

In Wijhe Centrum the police recorded 119 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (35 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 Wijhe Centrum calculated?

Wijhe Centrum 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 Wijhe Centrum 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.