neighbourhood in Deventer
De Hoven
2,280 residents · postal code 7419 · Part of De Hoven, Deventer
Everything for children close by, thinner wallets
The GP is more than three kilometres away, the supermarket four hundred metres. That spread pushes the amenities pillar of De Hoven in Deventer down to 6.7, while families comes out at 9.1 — the primary school is around the corner, and that is the component which counts for most within the pillar.
The neighbourhood is spaciously laid out: few residents per square kilometre, plenty of green cover within three hundred metres and an exceptionally large water surface. That produces a 7.6 for quiet & nature, despite a tree canopy that stays at just over half the national middle.
On wealth & income the neighbourhood gets no further than 6.2, without anything going wrong: social assistance and income distribution are close to the national picture and vacancy below it. It is the property value, just under the median, that holds the figure in place.
- no. 1,920 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 14 of 65 in Deventer
How De Hoven scores
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Is De Hoven a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Hoven comes out at 21 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 57 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
De Hoven has strikingly many children under 15: 18%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1518%
NL median 14%
- 15–259%
NL median 11%
- 25–4525%
NL median 22%
- 45–6529%
NL median 28%
- 65+19%
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
560 — 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 De Hoven a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Hoven comes out at 21 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 De Hoven?
In De Hoven the police recorded 57 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (21 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 De Hoven calculated?
De Hoven 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 De 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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