neighbourhood in Zwolle

Wipstrik-Noord

3,065 residents · postal code 8023 · Part of Wipstrik, Zwolle

Top 8% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, and little room

Wipstrik-Noord reaches a 9.9 for families and an 8.3 for wealth & income, and yet quiet & nature gets stuck at a 3.9. That low score has a clear cause: the noise level is far above the national median and the share of greenery around it far below.

The 5.9 for safety is the second figure that falls out of line. The total number of reported offences sits around the national middle, but theft and vandalism are both above it, while violence and burglary stay under the median. So this is mainly about what disappears and what gets broken.

Wealth is strong across the board: high property values, many high incomes, few low ones and barely any social assistance. Combined with a primary school around the corner and a substantial share of children, that produces the picture of a neighbourhood scoring well on everything except silence.

no. 1,046 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 3 of 73 in Zwolle

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Is Wipstrik-Noord a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Wipstrik-Noord comes out at 25 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood.

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Safety

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

Total crime

24.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.5 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.7 per 1,000

Property crime

12.9 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 107 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

0.3 km

GP practice

1.3 km

Train station

2.6 km

Restaurant

0.6 km

Hospital

0.8 km

Café

0.7 km

Library

2.2 km

Motorway ramp

1.5 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

€ 482,000

Welfare recipients

3.3 per 1,000

High incomes

32%

Low incomes

28%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

80%

Social housing

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

76%

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

5,272 inw/km²

Noise level

57 dB

Green surroundings

36%

Trees nearby

11%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,274

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

37%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

0.7 km

Residents under 15

21%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Wipstrik-Noord has strikingly many children under 15: 21%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1521%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4528%
NL median 22%
45–6524%
NL median 28%
65+16%
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
33% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
37% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,272 — 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 Wipstrik-Noord a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Wipstrik-Noord comes out at 25 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Wipstrik-Noord?

In Wipstrik-Noord the police recorded 107 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (25 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 Wipstrik-Noord calculated?

Wipstrik-Noord scores 9.4 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 Wipstrik-Noord 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.