neighbourhood in Zwolle

Gerenlanden

3,015 residents · postal code 8014 · Part of Ittersum, Zwolle

Top 9% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, and little room

Gerenlanden combines a 9.3 for safety with a 9.5 for families, and the two come from the same direction. Violence, burglary, theft and vandalism all four sit below the national median, while two in five households have children and the primary school is five hundred metres away.

Wealth & income does not keep pace. Property values stay below the national median and social assistance sits well above it, while there are more high incomes than nationally and fewer low ones. So that 6.5 describes a neighbourhood whose residents do reasonably well in homes that do not show it.

The lowest figure is the 4.5 for quiet & nature: considerably less greenery around than the Dutch average and a noise level above the national median.

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no. 4 of 73 in Zwolle

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Is Gerenlanden a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Gerenlanden comes out at 18 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

18.1 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.3 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.3 per 1,000

Property crime

4.7 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.9 per 1,000

In 2025, 64 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

0.6 km

GP practice

1.0 km

Train station

4.1 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

4.4 km

Café

3.4 km

Library

1.1 km

Motorway ramp

2.4 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

€ 394,000

Welfare recipients

13.3 per 1,000

High incomes

22%

Low incomes

34%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

81%

Social housing

17%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

95%

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

5,456 inw/km²

Noise level

56 dB

Green surroundings

37%

Trees nearby

11%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,957

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

0.5 km

Households with children

42%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

1.3 km

Residents under 15

18%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Gerenlanden has strikingly many children under 15: 18%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1518%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4525%
NL median 22%
45–6527%
NL median 28%
65+18%
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
2.4 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
24% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
42% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,456 — 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 Gerenlanden a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Gerenlanden comes out at 18 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 Gerenlanden?

In Gerenlanden the police recorded 64 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (18 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 Gerenlanden calculated?

Gerenlanden scores 9.4 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 Gerenlanden 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.