neighbourhood in Zwolle

Schellerlanden

2,550 residents · postal code 8017 · Part of Schelle, Zwolle

Top 23% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, thinner wallets

Schellerlanden scores 8.5 for families while almost a third of its residents are over 65. That is not a contradiction but a matter of measurement: the pillar is mostly about distance, and the primary school here is three hundred metres away. An ageing neighbourhood can therefore do very well on a score that appears to be about children.

Quiet & nature is the second strong point, with a 7.5 that comes mainly from silence: noise levels are noticeably below the national median and there is more water nearby than average. What holds the neighbourhood back is wealth & income. Property values are exactly average and incomes barely deviate, but social assistance is distinctly more common than nationally, and that single component keeps the pillar at 5.9.

Crime is neither rare nor common. The total stays below the median, but violence is right on it.

no. 2,984 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 20 of 73 in Zwolle

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Is Schellerlanden a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Schellerlanden comes out at 20 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

20.3 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.3 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.7 per 1,000

Property crime

6.7 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 59 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

0.8 km

GP practice

0.7 km

Train station

3.4 km

Restaurant

0.7 km

Hospital

4.7 km

Café

2.7 km

Library

2.0 km

Motorway ramp

3.1 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

€ 423,000

Welfare recipients

19.6 per 1,000

High incomes

21%

Low incomes

37%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

68%

Social housing

29%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

92%

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

3,547 inw/km²

Noise level

46 dB

Green surroundings

51%

Trees nearby

10%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,691

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

0.3 km

Households with children

29%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

1.8 km

Residents under 15

14%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Schellerlanden has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 31%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–258%
NL median 11%
25–4517%
NL median 22%
45–6529%
NL median 28%
65+31%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
33% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
29% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,547 — 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 Schellerlanden a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Schellerlanden comes out at 20 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 Schellerlanden?

In Schellerlanden the police recorded 59 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (20 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 Schellerlanden calculated?

Schellerlanden 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 Schellerlanden 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.