neighbourhood in Amersfoort

Hoekveen e.o.

795 residents · postal code 3829 · Part of Hooglanderveen, Amersfoort

Top 14% in the Netherlands

Well-off, but not spacious

Almost the entire housing stock of Hoekveen e.o. was built after 2000, and the age profile matches: fewer than one in ten residents is 65 or over. That is one of the youngest populations you will find in Amersfoort.

The wealth & income pillar reaches a 9.5 and the picture there is unambiguous — high property value, many high incomes, few low ones, no social assistance, little vacancy. The 4.1 for quiet & nature is its mirror image: traffic noise runs more than five decibels above the national median and tree canopy is barely denser than average, on compactly built ground.

The families pillar stops at 7.6 despite the many households with children. The primary school here is just over the kilometre mark, and school distance is by far the heaviest component of that pillar. The GP being more than two kilometres away does not count towards it — that falls under amenities — but it is noticeable all the same.

no. 1,709 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 43 of 131 in Amersfoort

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Is Hoekveen e.o. a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Hoekveen e.o. comes out at 20 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

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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

20.2 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.2 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.3 per 1,000

Property crime

7.1 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.3 per 1,000

In 2025, 17 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

2.3 km

Train station

1.2 km

Restaurant

0.6 km

Hospital

7.3 km

Café

1.1 km

Library

1.2 km

Motorway ramp

2.5 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

€ 577,000

Welfare recipients

0.0 per 1,000

High incomes

36%

Low incomes

30%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

65%

Social housing

15%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

67%

Built after 2000

99%

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

5,032 inw/km²

Noise level

57 dB

Green surroundings

58%

Trees nearby

10%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,372

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.8 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

1.1 km

Households with children

47%

Childcare

1.0 km

Secondary school

1.2 km

Residents under 15

17%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Hoekveen e.o. has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 20%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1517%
NL median 14%
15–2520%
NL median 11%
25–4522%
NL median 22%
45–6532%
NL median 28%
65+9%
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
2.6 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
27% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
47% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,032 — 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 Hoekveen e.o. a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Hoekveen e.o. comes out at 20 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 Hoekveen e.o.?

In Hoekveen e.o. the police recorded 17 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (20 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 Hoekveen e.o. calculated?

Hoekveen e.o. scores 9.0 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 Hoekveen e.o. 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.