neighbourhood in Zutphen
Laarstraat en omgeving
1,760 residents · postal code 7201 · Part of Centrum - De Hoven, Zutphen
Everything close by, safety lags
The number of registered offences in Laarstraat en omgeving is almost four times the national median, and it is almost entirely property crime: that component alone already exceeds twice what an average Dutch neighbourhood registers in total. Violence too is well above. The 2.5 for safety is among the lowest in the country.
The 9.7 for amenities shows what stands against that: this is central ground, with shops, restaurants and the station within a kilometre. Wealth & income comes to a 3.0 and there too everything points the same way — a property value far below the national median, few households in the highest income group, many in the lowest, vacancy above the Dutch level and almost six times as much social assistance as nationally. Two thirds of households consist of one person.
- no. 12,214 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 31 of 31 in Zutphen
How Laarstraat en omgeving scores
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Is Laarstraat en omgeving a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Laarstraat en omgeving comes out at 88 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Laarstraat en omgeving is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most 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, 317 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
Laarstraat en omgeving has strikingly few children under 15: 7%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–157%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4525%
NL median 22%
- 45–6530%
NL median 28%
- 65+29%
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
1.5 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
64% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
13% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,199 — 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 Laarstraat en omgeving a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Laarstraat en omgeving comes out at 88 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Laarstraat en omgeving is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes. 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 Laarstraat en omgeving?
In Laarstraat en omgeving the police recorded 317 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (88 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 Laarstraat en omgeving calculated?
Laarstraat en omgeving scores 3.0 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 Laarstraat en omgeving 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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