neighbourhood in Aalsmeer

Hornmeer

2,785 residents · postal code 1431 · Part of Aalsmeer, Aalsmeer

Bottom 26% in the Netherlands

Good for children, with a safety question

Hornmeer is sparsely built and still scores a 3.9 for quiet & nature. That is not down to density but to noise: it sits almost nine decibels above the Dutch median here, a difference you hear rather than calculate. On top of that, greenery within three hundred metres is well below the national middle and so is tree canopy.

Among offences, theft is the item that stands out: it is nearly double the national middle here and on its own makes up most of the total. Violence and vandalism sit above it too, so the reassurance that only property is at stake does not hold. Hence the 3.5 for safety.

Wealth & income comes out at a 5.7 and is divided: property value sits above the national middle, but the social assistance rate is well above it and vacancy slightly so. What you get here is a spaciously laid-out neighbourhood with urban crime figures and a noise level you would expect in a city centre.

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Is Hornmeer a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Hornmeer comes out at 39 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Hornmeer is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes.

The figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

39.2 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.9 per 1,000

Property crime

16.1 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.1 per 1,000

In 2025, 178 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

0.5 km

GP practice

1.2 km

Train station

7.6 km

Restaurant

0.7 km

Hospital

3.9 km

Café

0.9 km

Library

2.3 km

Motorway ramp

1.1 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

€ 451,000

Welfare recipients

10.8 per 1,000

High incomes

18%

Low incomes

37%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

55%

Social housing

32%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

91%

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

1,074 inw/km²

Noise level

60 dB

Green surroundings

30%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

771

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.1 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

0.7 km

Households with children

33%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

1.2 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4525%
NL median 22%
45–6524%
NL median 28%
65+23%
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
40% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
33% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,074 — far less 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 Hornmeer a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Hornmeer comes out at 39 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Hornmeer is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes. One caveat: the figure counts per person present, not per resident. In a neighbourhood with many visitors — a centre, a station, a shopping area — it therefore comes out higher than residents experience. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Hornmeer?

In Hornmeer the police recorded 178 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (39 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 Hornmeer calculated?

Hornmeer scores 4.4 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 Hornmeer 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.