neighbourhood in Zwolle

Aa-landen-Midden

3,985 residents · postal code 8032 · Part of Aa-landen, Zwolle

Bottom 17% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

Aa-landen-Midden looks like an ordinary post-war urban neighbourhood on nearly every figure, with one exception that stands out: the social assistance rate here is eight times the national level. That single number pulls the wealth & income pillar down to 3.5, while vacancy actually stays below the national median.

The safety pillar holds the reverse exception. Burglary is less common here than in the average Dutch neighbourhood, while violence and property crime are well above it. With one in three residents aged 65 or older that is a relevant distinction: the risk here is not inside the home.

no. 10,881 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 57 of 73 in Zwolle

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Is Aa-landen-Midden a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Aa-landen-Midden comes out at 32 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.

Total crime

32.0 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.9 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.4 per 1,000

Property crime

13.9 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.3 per 1,000

In 2025, 160 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

0.7 km

GP practice

0.9 km

Train station

4.1 km

Restaurant

0.8 km

Hospital

3.9 km

Café

2.6 km

Library

0.9 km

Motorway ramp

2.2 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

€ 311,000

Welfare recipients

62.7 per 1,000

High incomes

12%

Low incomes

45%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

30%

Social housing

45%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

38%

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

5,195 inw/km²

Noise level

54 dB

Green surroundings

41%

Trees nearby

14%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,405

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.7 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

0.8 km

Households with children

26%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

0.8 km

Residents under 15

14%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Aa-landen-Midden has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 29%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4523%
NL median 22%
45–6524%
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
1.8 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
53% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
26% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,195 — 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 Aa-landen-Midden a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Aa-landen-Midden 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 Aa-landen-Midden?

In Aa-landen-Midden the police recorded 160 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 Aa-landen-Midden calculated?

Aa-landen-Midden scores 3.8 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 Aa-landen-Midden 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.