neighbourhood in Bergen (NH.)
Egmond aan den Hoef
2,295 residents · postal code 1934 · Part of Egmond aan den Hoef, Bergen (NH.)
Spacious and quiet, but not set up for children
More than three quarters of the area around Egmond aan den Hoef is green and noise levels run more than four decibels below the national median; with fewer than six hundred residents per square kilometre, the 8.2 for quiet & nature is no surprise. What is surprising is that tree canopy sits below the national figure — open space here is not the same as woodland.
Among the offences one category stands out, and it is not the one you would expect. Violence, burglary and property crime are all below the national middle, but vandalism runs more than twice above it. That is damage in public space in a neighbourhood that otherwise sees few reports, and it is the only brake on a safety score that would otherwise be higher still.
- no. 1,508 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 7 of 36 in Bergen (NH.)
How Egmond aan den Hoef scores
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Is Egmond aan den Hoef a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Egmond aan den Hoef comes out at 23 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 75 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
Egmond aan den Hoef has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 28%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1513%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4518%
NL median 22%
- 45–6530%
NL median 28%
- 65+28%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
34% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
33% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
593 — 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 Egmond aan den Hoef a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Egmond aan den Hoef comes out at 23 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Egmond aan den Hoef?
In Egmond aan den Hoef the police recorded 75 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (23 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 Egmond aan den Hoef calculated?
Egmond aan den Hoef scores 9.1 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 Egmond aan den Hoef 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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