neighbourhood in Zwolle

Werkeren

5,265 residents · postal code 8043 · Part of Stadshagen, Zwolle

Top 30% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, and little room

Werkeren is a neighbourhood of families: two in three households have children and more than a quarter of the residents are not yet fifteen. That produces a 8.8.

What there is not, is greenery. The tree canopy close to the houses does not reach a quarter of what is normal nationally and the share of greenery lags far behind too. The noise is not bad, that is at the usual level, but the 3.3 for quiet & nature comes almost entirely from those two measurements.

For the daily shopping it is a matter of cycling or driving: the supermarket is almost two kilometres away, while the GP is in fact around the corner. That very supermarket weighs heaviest in the amenities pillar, and that is why it stays stuck at a 5.9.

no. 3,808 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 28 of 73 in Zwolle

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Is Werkeren a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Werkeren comes out at 22 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

21.6 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.3 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.5 per 1,000

Property crime

8.4 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.4 per 1,000

In 2025, 140 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

1.8 km

GP practice

0.6 km

Train station

2.0 km

Restaurant

1.7 km

Hospital

7.4 km

Café

3.8 km

Library

1.8 km

Motorway ramp

1.3 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

€ 498,000

Welfare recipients

7.6 per 1,000

High incomes

32%

Low incomes

32%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

75%

Social housing

18%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

91%

Built after 2000

100%

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

5,652 inw/km²

Noise level

51 dB

Green surroundings

32%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,410

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.6 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

0.8 km

Households with children

65%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

4.4 km

Residents under 15

28%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Werkeren has strikingly many children under 15: 28%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1528%
NL median 14%
15–2514%
NL median 11%
25–4527%
NL median 22%
45–6524%
NL median 28%
65+8%
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
3.1 — far larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
17% — far fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
65% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,652 — 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 Werkeren a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Werkeren comes out at 22 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 Werkeren?

In Werkeren the police recorded 140 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (22 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 Werkeren calculated?

Werkeren scores 7.8 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 Werkeren 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.