neighbourhood in Twenterand
Vriezenveen-Centrum
2,780 residents · postal code 7671 · Part of Vriezenveen (kern), Twenterand
Everything close by, little to spend
The total number of reported offences in Vriezenveen-Centrum lands almost exactly on the national median, and yet safety gets no further than a 5.1. The explanation is in the mix: violence here is nearly double the national middle, while theft sits below it, burglary lands exactly on the median and vandalism below it. Violence is the heaviest component of the pillar, and it drags the score down despite an ordinary total.
A second figure stands out: almost a third of residents are sixty-five or older, far more than is usual nationally. That the families pillar still comes out at a 6.6 is down to the primary school, eight hundred metres away.
Wealth & income stays at a 3.2, and that holds right across the board. Property value sits far below the Dutch middle, more than half of households are in the lowest income group, high incomes are rare and the social assistance rate is more than three times the median. What you get in return is a centre where supermarket, GP and restaurant are within a few hundred metres.
- no. 8,522 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 25 of 27 in Twenterand
How Vriezenveen-Centrum scores
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Is Vriezenveen-Centrum a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Vriezenveen-Centrum comes out at 25 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 86 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
Vriezenveen-Centrum has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 32%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4520%
NL median 22%
- 45–6522%
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
38% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
30% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,816 — 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 Vriezenveen-Centrum a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Vriezenveen-Centrum comes out at 25 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Vriezenveen-Centrum?
In Vriezenveen-Centrum the police recorded 86 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (25 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 Vriezenveen-Centrum calculated?
Vriezenveen-Centrum scores 5.1 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 Vriezenveen-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.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Twenterand
Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Twenterand.
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