azc Zutphen (Voorsterallee)
The reception centre on the Voorsterallee in Zutphen, open since 2016 and grown to several hundred residents, saw a stabbing in the early hours of 8 November 2025. One resident was injured and taken to hospital by ambulance after the incident, reported around 2:50am; a large emergency response attended and a trauma helicopter was placed on standby but not used. Police detained another resident at a building on the site for questioning.
Occupancy
262
people (Aug 2025)
Per night
€80
per person (benchmark)
Annual
€7.7m
estimated
Background
The site sits at Voorsterallee, Zutphen. It is run by the COA (Centraal Orgaan opvang asielzoekers), the Dutch government’s asylum-reception agency. For what the azc / noodopvang categories mean and how Dutch reception spending breaks down, open the cost panel on the interactive map with the Netherlands selected in Settings.
In the news
Nov 2025
Stabbing at azc Zutphen, resident injured
A resident was wounded in a stabbing at the Voorsterallee centre in the early hours of 8 November 2025 and taken to hospital; police detained another resident at the site for questioning.
Omroep Gelderland · source
Compiled from public Dutch news reports (each item links to its source). Where a municipality runs more than one reception location, attribution to this specific address reflects the cited report and may be approximate — always check the linked source.
Timeline
Nov 2025
Stabbing; resident detained
One resident injured in an overnight stabbing; another resident was detained for questioning.
Cost
Dutch asylum reception is funded by central government through the COA. At an illustrative benchmark of about €80 per person per night for a regular centre, the 262 people recorded here on 13 August 2025 imply roughly €7.7m per year. This is an order-of-magnitude figure for context only, not a site-specific invoice — emergency reception typically runs around three times the cost of a regular centre.
Sources
COA / Rijksoverheid (Kamerstuk, 5 Sep 2025) · 2025-08-13. View source
Occupancy is the COA register snapshot of 13 August 2025 and may have changed since. Coordinates were geocoded from the published street address via the official PDOK Locatieserver.