neighbourhood in Zutphen

Zwanevlot en De Brink

1,235 residents · postal code 7206 · Part of Zuidwijken, Zutphen

Top 36% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

An 8.9 for families in a neighbourhood where a third of residents are 65 or older and half of households consist of one person: that looks contradictory, but this pillar mainly measures distance. The primary school is three hundred metres away, and distance to school is its heaviest component. Few children live here; it is the location that makes the figure.

The 3.9 for wealth & income comes almost entirely from property value, which is far below the national median; incomes and social assistance barely deviate from the Dutch middle. The safety figure of 6.0 belongs with a number of registrations above the national median, with property crime the largest item and burglary practically absent.

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no. 11 of 31 in Zutphen

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Is Zwanevlot en De Brink a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Zwanevlot en De Brink comes out at 32 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

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Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

32.2 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.7 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.2 per 1,000

Property crime

13.8 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.1 per 1,000

In 2025, 51 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

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Amenities

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Supermarket

0.3 km

GP practice

0.3 km

Train station

2.8 km

Restaurant

1.1 km

Hospital

2.0 km

Café

1.1 km

Library

2.4 km

Motorway ramp

1.4 km

Tick = Dutch median

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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.

Property value

€ 249,000

Welfare recipients

8.1 per 1,000

High incomes

11%

Low incomes

38%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

50%

Social housing

20%

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Single-family homes

47%

Built after 2000

Tick = Dutch median

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Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.

Population density

5,301 inw/km²

Noise level

49 dB

Green surroundings

51%

Trees nearby

14%

Water share

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Addresses per km²

1,729

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.9 µg/m³

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

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Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.

Primary school

0.3 km

Households with children

24%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

1.0 km

Residents under 15

15%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Zwanevlot en De Brink has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 36%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1515%
NL median 14%
15–259%
NL median 11%
25–4523%
NL median 22%
45–6518%
NL median 28%
65+36%
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
1.9 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
52% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
24% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,301 — 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 Zwanevlot en De Brink a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Zwanevlot en De Brink comes out at 32 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 Zwanevlot en De Brink?

In Zwanevlot en De Brink the police recorded 51 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (32 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 Zwanevlot en De Brink calculated?

Zwanevlot en De Brink scores 7.4 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 Zwanevlot en De Brink 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.