neighbourhood in Zwolle

Oud-Assendorp

4,125 residents · postal code 8012 · Part of Assendorp, Zwolle

Bottom 17% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

In Oud-Assendorp all four offence types are above the national median — violence, burglary, property crime and vandalism. So no single type on its own explains the 2.9 for safety; the score comes from the full breadth.

Wealth & income, a 4.1, works differently. The income distribution here barely differs from the Dutch middle; it is the property value, a good hundred thousand euros under the median, and social assistance at three times that middle that make the score.

Against that stands a 9.9 for amenities, with supermarket, doctor and restaurant all within four hundred metres. Living here means trading quiet for access quite literally: under three in ten square metres of the surroundings count as green.

no. 10,867 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 56 of 73 in Zwolle

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Is Oud-Assendorp a safe neighbourhood?

The figures ⌄

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

40.6 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.5 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.7 per 1,000

Property crime

19.9 per 1,000

Vandalism

4.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 261 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

0.4 km

GP practice

0.4 km

Train station

1.2 km

Restaurant

0.2 km

Hospital

2.5 km

Café

0.5 km

Library

0.9 km

Motorway ramp

2.3 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

€ 317,000

Welfare recipients

24.2 per 1,000

High incomes

18%

Low incomes

37%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

52%

Social housing

17%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

64%

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

10,152 inw/km²

Noise level

55 dB

Green surroundings

27%

Trees nearby

10%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

3,181

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

0.7 km

Households with children

18%

Childcare

0.2 km

Secondary school

0.9 km

Residents under 15

12%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Oud-Assendorp has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 39%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1512%
NL median 14%
15–2519%
NL median 11%
25–4539%
NL median 22%
45–6521%
NL median 28%
65+9%
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
1.7 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
61% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
18% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
10,152 — 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 Oud-Assendorp a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Oud-Assendorp comes out at 41 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Oud-Assendorp is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes. 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 Oud-Assendorp?

In Oud-Assendorp the police recorded 261 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (41 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 Oud-Assendorp calculated?

Oud-Assendorp scores 3.8 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 Oud-Assendorp 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.