neighbourhood in Zutphen
Ooyerhoek
2,030 residents · postal code 7207 · Part of Leesten, Zutphen
Safe, but few children
Ooyerhoek is among the fifty safest neighbourhoods in the country. Violence, burglary, theft and vandalism are all four far below the national median, and with two thousand residents this is not a handful of reports that happened not to come in.
The 4.4 for families is the reverse side, and it does come from distance: the primary school is more than one and a half kilometres away, and school distance together with childcare and secondary education makes up almost two thirds of that pillar. The supermarket is nearly two kilometres away as well, while the doctor is close by — an uneven pattern that explains the 6.5 for amenities. For anyone moving here that means the daily shopping is a drive, and it is the only thing that is far off.
- no. 3,156 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 9 of 31 in Zutphen
How Ooyerhoek scores
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Is Ooyerhoek a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Ooyerhoek comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Ooyerhoek 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, 30 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
Ooyerhoek has strikingly many residents aged 45 to 65: 35%, against 28% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1511%
NL median 14%
- 15–2512%
NL median 11%
- 25–4518%
NL median 22%
- 45–6535%
NL median 28%
- 65+23%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
30% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
38% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,948 — 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 Ooyerhoek a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Ooyerhoek comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Ooyerhoek 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 Ooyerhoek?
In Ooyerhoek the police recorded 30 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (15 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 Ooyerhoek calculated?
Ooyerhoek scores 8.2 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 Ooyerhoek 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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