The districts of Aalten

Aalten has 27,445 residents (2026), spread across 4 districts and 29 neighbourhoods.

Top 29% of the Netherlands

Safe streets, thinner wallets

Aalten comes out at 7.9 as a municipality — better than 71% of Dutch neighbourhoods. Safety lifts that grade with 8.3; wealth and income hold it back at 4.8. The highest neighbourhood grades sit in Aalten-kern Noord/Noordoost (9.6), the lowest in Verspreide huizen Hollenberg (5.0). That is 4.6 points of difference inside one municipality.

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residents: 27,445
districts: 4
neighbourhoods: 29
km² of land: 96.6

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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

17.2 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.7 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.4 per 1,000

Property crime

6.3 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 484 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

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Amenities

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Supermarket

1.4 km

GP practice

1.5 km

Train station

4.4 km

Restaurant

0.9 km

Hospital

13.7 km

Café

1.4 km

Library

1.7 km

Motorway ramp

1.0 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

€ 350,907

Welfare recipients

12.8 per 1,000

High incomes

13%

Low incomes

42%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

73%

Social housing

18%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

83%

Built after 2000

14%

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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

2,274 inw/km²

Noise level

49 dB

Green surroundings

64%

Trees nearby

11%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

755

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.

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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

35%

Childcare

0.8 km

Secondary school

1.8 km

Residents under 15

15%

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

0–1515%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4521%
NL median 22%
45–6528%
NL median 28%
65+25%
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
34% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,274 — around the 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. Average of the neighbourhoods in Aalten, weighted by population.