neighbourhood in Wierden
Wierden-Oost
2,560 residents · postal code 7641 · Part of Wierden (kern), Wierden
Good for children, with a safety question
Wierden-Oost combines a 9.7 for families with a 4.2 for safety, and both are readily explained. The school is three hundred metres away and almost four in ten households have children — the top end of that pillar in ideal form.
The safety figure comes from another corner. Property crime here is almost twice the national middle and residential burglary more than three times it, while violence stays below the median. That makes the risk concrete: bicycles and sheds, and a raised chance of being burgled at home.
The wealth & income pillar stays at 4.6 because of a property value far below the national median and more low incomes than usual. For families who want affordable housing with school and station within a kilometre, that is exactly the trade this neighbourhood offers.
- no. 5,093 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 19 of 27 in Wierden
How Wierden-Oost scores
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Is Wierden-Oost a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Wierden-Oost comes out at 29 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.
In 2025, 93 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
Wierden-Oost has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 28%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1517%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4522%
NL median 22%
- 45–6523%
NL median 28%
- 65+28%
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
2.4 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
28% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
37% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,891 — 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 Wierden-Oost a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Wierden-Oost comes out at 29 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 Wierden-Oost?
In Wierden-Oost the police recorded 93 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (29 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 Wierden-Oost calculated?
Wierden-Oost scores 7.1 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 Wierden-Oost 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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Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Wierden.
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