neighbourhood in Oude IJsselstreek
Varsseveld
5,220 residents · postal code 7051 · Part of Varsseveld, Oude IJsselstreek
Everything close by, little to spend
Varsseveld is ageing: almost a third of the residents are 65 or older and few children live there. That explains the 4.6 for families, because the primary school is simply around the corner here — that figure lies not in the distance but in who lives there.
For a village with two thousand residents per square kilometre the accessibility is remarkable: the shop, the GP and a restaurant are within a kilometre and the station just outside it. Hence an 8.4 for amenities.
Where it pinches is wealth, with a 4.1. The property value is considerably below the Dutch middle, there are fewer households with a high income than usual and more with a low income, and social assistance too is above the national figure. Vacancy is the only component there that does not disappoint.
- no. 6,135 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 18 of 32 in Oude IJsselstreek
How Varsseveld scores
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Is Varsseveld a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Varsseveld comes out at 16 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Varsseveld 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, 102 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
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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
Varsseveld has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 32%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1512%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4520%
NL median 22%
- 45–6525%
NL median 28%
- 65+32%
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
35% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
29% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,039 — 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 Varsseveld a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Varsseveld comes out at 16 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Varsseveld 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 Varsseveld?
In Varsseveld the police recorded 102 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 Varsseveld calculated?
Varsseveld 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 Varsseveld 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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