neighbourhood in Zwolle

Aa-landen-Oost

3,330 residents · postal code 8033 · Part of Aa-landen, Zwolle

Top 32% in the Netherlands

Safe streets, thinner wallets

Forty-six decibels: noise in Aa-landen-Oost is a good five below the national median, which is remarkable for a neighbourhood with almost six thousand residents per square kilometre. Together with the water nearby it produces a 7.8 for quiet & nature.

The flip side is in amenities, a 4.8. The supermarket, GP and restaurant are all a kilometre or more away and the station five; only the primary school is close, and that counts in a different pillar. For a population of which more than a quarter is 65 or over, that is no detail. Safety, on the other hand, is distinctly good, with an 8.8 and all four crime types below the national median.

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no. 29 of 73 in Zwolle

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Is Aa-landen-Oost a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Aa-landen-Oost comes out at 17 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer 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

17.4 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.1 per 1,000

Property crime

4.3 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 63 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

1.4 km

GP practice

1.6 km

Train station

5.0 km

Restaurant

1.8 km

Hospital

4.8 km

Café

3.5 km

Library

1.8 km

Motorway ramp

3.1 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

€ 353,000

Welfare recipients

21.0 per 1,000

High incomes

16%

Low incomes

41%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

65%

Social housing

30%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

91%

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

5,935 inw/km²

Noise level

46 dB

Green surroundings

50%

Trees nearby

11%

Water share

10%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,391

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.5 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

0.5 km

Households with children

33%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

1.8 km

Residents under 15

17%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Aa-landen-Oost has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 28%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1517%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4520%
NL median 22%
45–6525%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
32% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
33% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,935 — 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-Oost a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Aa-landen-Oost comes out at 17 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Aa-landen-Oost?

In Aa-landen-Oost the police recorded 63 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (17 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-Oost calculated?

Aa-landen-Oost scores 7.6 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-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.