neighbourhood in Twenterand
Vriezenveen Elzenhoek
2,685 residents · postal code 7671 · Part of Vriezenveen (kern), Twenterand
Safe, but not spacious
Vriezenveen Elzenhoek combines a 9.8 for safety with a 3.2 for quiet & nature, and the second is surprising for a neighbourhood in a village core. The explanation lies in the measurements: noise levels here are well above the Dutch middle and the share of green within three hundred metres clearly below it.
The families pillar reaches 9.6, mainly because the primary school is three hundred metres away — the heaviest-weighted component. Anyone reading that score as proof of many young families is reading too much into it: the share of households with children is around the national level and a quarter of residents are over sixty-five. On wealth & income most components point downwards — a property value below the Dutch median, a thin top income group, a social assistance rate more than twice the middle — while vacancy is minimal.
- no. 2,009 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 4 of 27 in Twenterand
How Vriezenveen Elzenhoek scores
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Is Vriezenveen Elzenhoek a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Vriezenveen Elzenhoek comes out at 12 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Vriezenveen Elzenhoek 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, 27 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
The age profile of Vriezenveen Elzenhoek looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1517%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4524%
NL median 22%
- 45–6523%
NL median 28%
- 65+25%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
29% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
36% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,667 — 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 Vriezenveen Elzenhoek a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Vriezenveen Elzenhoek comes out at 12 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Vriezenveen Elzenhoek 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 Vriezenveen Elzenhoek?
In Vriezenveen Elzenhoek the police recorded 27 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 Vriezenveen Elzenhoek calculated?
Vriezenveen Elzenhoek scores 8.8 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 Elzenhoek 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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