neighbourhood in Rijssen-Holten
De Welle
1,875 residents · postal code 7462 · Part of Stadsrand Rijssen Zuid, Rijssen-Holten
Everything for children close by, and little room
De Welle is a neighbourhood of extremes. A 9.8 for families and a 9.0 for amenities, with school, supermarket and GP all within a kilometre, stand against a 3.4 for wealth & income and a 3.1 for quiet & nature.
Those low quiet figures have the same cause as the high ones above them: it is densely built. That produces short distances and at the same time little greenery around, more noise than the national norm and no water nearby. It is the very same property that one pillar rewards and another penalises.
The wealth & income figure is separate from all that and plainly low. Property values lag far behind, close to half of households are on a low income, the top group is the thinnest of any component, and the rate of social assistance is well above the national figure. Only vacancy is ordinary.
- no. 2,699 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 19 of 41 in Rijssen-Holten
How De Welle scores
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Is De Welle a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Welle comes out at 14 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: De Welle 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, 22 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
De Welle has strikingly many children under 15: 21%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1521%
NL median 14%
- 15–2514%
NL median 11%
- 25–4525%
NL median 22%
- 45–6521%
NL median 28%
- 65+19%
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
2.5 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
34% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
43% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,024 — 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 De Welle a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Welle comes out at 14 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: De Welle 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 De Welle?
In De Welle the police recorded 22 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (14 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 De Welle calculated?
De Welle scores 8.5 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 De Welle 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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