neighbourhood in Zwolle

Holtenbroek III

2,330 residents · postal code 8031 · Part of Holtenbroek, Zwolle

Bottom 20% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, thinner wallets

All four offence categories that the scoring model weighs sit above the national median in Holtenbroek III. Violence and vandalism both comfortably so, theft the heaviest. That makes the 3.2 for safety a figure with no single cause you could think away.

The wealth & income pillar is equally unambiguous, and sharper. The social assistance rate here runs almost ten times the national one, the top income group at seven per cent of households is around a third of the Dutch level, and property value is far below the median.

And yet there is a 9.4 for families. That pillar mostly measures reach, and the primary school here is three hundred metres away. For a parent in Holtenbroek III that means something concrete: the walk to school is short, the rest of the bill is not.

no. 10,482 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 52 of 73 in Zwolle

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Is Holtenbroek III a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Holtenbroek III comes out at 36 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

35.7 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.8 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.0 per 1,000

Property crime

13.2 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.8 per 1,000

In 2025, 102 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.

Supermarket

0.7 km

GP practice

1.0 km

Train station

3.1 km

Restaurant

0.7 km

Hospital

3.8 km

Café

2.0 km

Library

2.4 km

Motorway ramp

1.8 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

€ 263,000

Welfare recipients

73.0 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

49%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

39%

Social housing

55%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

52%

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

5,084 inw/km²

Noise level

53 dB

Green surroundings

47%

Trees nearby

12%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,462

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

0.3 km

Households with children

30%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

0.5 km

Residents under 15

15%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Holtenbroek III has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 32%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1515%
NL median 14%
15–2514%
NL median 11%
25–4532%
NL median 22%
45–6526%
NL median 28%
65+13%
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
49% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
30% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,084 — 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 Holtenbroek III a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Holtenbroek III comes out at 36 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 Holtenbroek III?

In Holtenbroek III the police recorded 102 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (36 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 Holtenbroek III calculated?

Holtenbroek III scores 4.0 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 Holtenbroek III 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.