neighbourhood in De Ronde Venen
Hofland
3,505 residents · postal code 3641 · Part of Mijdrecht, De Ronde Venen
Everything for children close by, and little room
Anyone living in Hofland without a car notices it in one figure: the nearest railway station is more than thirteen kilometres away. That pushes the amenities pillar down to 6.8 while supermarket, GP and school are all within a kilometre — daily life works here, the journey elsewhere does not.
The 9.3 for families is the strongest figure, and it comes from the short school distance combined with almost four in ten households having children. That the share of under-fifteens is at the same time below the national middle shows this is not a neighbourhood of small children but one of families further along.
The quiet & nature pillar stops at 5.2 despite plenty of greenery around the built-up area. The noise level is nearly four decibels above the national median and the tree canopy slightly below it; that weighs more heavily than the greenery makes up for.
- no. 1,947 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 8 of 24 in De Ronde Venen
How Hofland scores
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Is Hofland a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Hofland comes out at 17 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Hofland 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, 70 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
The age profile of Hofland looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–2512%
NL median 11%
- 25–4521%
NL median 22%
- 45–6529%
NL median 28%
- 65+24%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
27% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
39% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,026 — 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 Hofland a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Hofland comes out at 17 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Hofland 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 Hofland?
In Hofland the police recorded 70 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (17 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 Hofland calculated?
Hofland scores 8.9 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 Hofland 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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Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of De Ronde Venen.
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