neighbourhood in Amersfoort
Hoge Hoven
2,255 residents · postal code 3824 · Part of Nieuwland, Amersfoort
Safe, but not spacious
Hoge Hoven scores a 10.0 for safety, and with more than two thousand residents that is not the fluke of a single report: violence and burglary run here at a fraction of the national median, property crime at less than half. At these numbers that is a real difference.
The 9.0 for wealth & income comes from every direction at once. Property values sit above the national middle, social assistance at just over half the median, the share of high incomes is higher than usual and that of low incomes lower, and there is no vacancy. Such unanimity is rare.
The contrast lies in the surroundings. The quiet & nature pillar stops at a 5.1 with more than six thousand residents per square kilometre, and the GP is a kilometre and a half away while the school is round the corner. More than half of households have children, in homes that almost all date from before this century.
- no. 268 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 12 of 131 in Amersfoort
How Hoge Hoven scores
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Is Hoge Hoven a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Hoge Hoven comes out at 12 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Hoge Hoven is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 27 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
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The figures ⌄Amenities
Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄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.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Quiet & nature
How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
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
The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Tick = Dutch median
Who lives here
Hoge Hoven has strikingly few residents aged 65 and over: 10%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1517%
NL median 14%
- 15–2516%
NL median 11%
- 25–4519%
NL median 22%
- 45–6538%
NL median 28%
- 65+10%
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
2.8 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
15% — far fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
54% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,474 — 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 Hoge Hoven a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Hoge Hoven comes out at 12 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Hoge Hoven is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Hoge Hoven?
In Hoge Hoven the police recorded 27 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (12 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 Hoge Hoven calculated?
Hoge Hoven scores 9.8 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 Hoge Hoven 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.
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