neighbourhood in Zwolle

Milligen

6,890 residents · postal code 8043 · Part of Stadshagen, Zwolle

Top 24% in the Netherlands

Safe, but not spacious

Almost a third of the surface area of Milligen consists of water, an outlier you find in few Dutch neighbourhoods, and water counts for a fifth in the quiet pillar. Yet that pillar gets no further than a 4.9. The reason is in the other components: the share of greenery lies well below the national picture, the tree canopy reaches only a fraction of the usual share, and six thousand people live there per square kilometre. One strong component does not lift such a score.

With safety, a 8.6, the picture is undivided: on none of the offence types counted does Milligen rise above the national median.

The families pillar achieves a 8.0, carried by a school a short distance away and many households with children. That fits a neighbourhood built largely after the turn of the century, though the construction year itself says nothing about that score.

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no. 21 of 73 in Zwolle

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Is Milligen a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Milligen comes out at 21 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

20.5 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.2 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.4 per 1,000

Property crime

11.3 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.3 per 1,000

In 2025, 180 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

0.9 km

GP practice

0.8 km

Train station

1.8 km

Restaurant

0.8 km

Hospital

6.5 km

Café

3.7 km

Library

1.0 km

Motorway ramp

2.1 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

€ 379,000

Welfare recipients

13.1 per 1,000

High incomes

22%

Low incomes

36%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

70%

Social housing

18%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

67%

Built after 2000

78%

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

6,015 inw/km²

Noise level

50 dB

Green surroundings

40%

Trees nearby

Water share

29%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,760

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

0.7 km

Households with children

40%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

3.7 km

Residents under 15

17%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Milligen looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1517%
NL median 14%
15–2513%
NL median 11%
25–4524%
NL median 22%
45–6529%
NL median 28%
65+17%
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
31% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
40% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,015 — 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 Milligen a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Milligen comes out at 21 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 Milligen?

In Milligen the police recorded 180 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (21 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 Milligen calculated?

Milligen scores 8.3 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 Milligen 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.