neighbourhood in Zwolle
Breecamp
2,775 residents · postal code 8044 · Part of Stadshagen, Zwolle
Safe, but not spacious
Breecamp was built entirely after the turn of the century, and it shows in the population: more than two thirds of households have children, almost a third of residents are under fifteen and over-sixty-fives are all but absent. Such an age structure is rare in the Netherlands.
On quiet & nature the problem is the trees. Tree canopy within three hundred metres is close to zero here, against almost nine per cent in an ordinary neighbourhood — the difference between streets with mature trees and streets where they have only just been planted. Greenery is otherwise average and noise sits above the median; together that yields a 4.1.
Amenities come out at a 4.7, the other price of new housing at the edge. The primary school is five hundred metres away, but the supermarket more than two kilometres and the restaurant one and a half. With a 9.7 for safety — all four offence types below the national middle — that is a trade many families will recognise.
- no. 1,313 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 6 of 73 in Zwolle
How Breecamp scores
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Is Breecamp a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Breecamp comes out at 16 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Breecamp 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, 51 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
Breecamp has strikingly many children under 15: 31%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1531%
NL median 14%
- 15–2513%
NL median 11%
- 25–4534%
NL median 22%
- 45–6520%
NL median 28%
- 65+2%
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
3.1 — far larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
15% — far fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
69% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,717 — 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 Breecamp a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Breecamp comes out at 16 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Breecamp 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 Breecamp?
In Breecamp the police recorded 51 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (16 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 Breecamp calculated?
Breecamp scores 9.2 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 Breecamp 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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