neighbourhood in Dongen
Hoge Akker
2,600 residents · postal code 5103 · Part of Dongen, Dongen
Safe, but not spacious
Hoge Akker is a neighbourhood of owner-occupied homes with a property value above the national median, little social assistance and hardly any vacancy: a 7.6 for wealth & income where every component points the same way. The weak point lies elsewhere.
The 3.5 for quiet & nature is the lowest figure here, and not because of noise — the noise level sits almost exactly on the national median. It is the combination of little greenery in the immediate surroundings, a thin tree canopy and no open water, at a density on the high side. Amenities stop at 4.8: the GP is a good two kilometres away and the station nearly nine, while supermarket and restaurant are close by.
- no. 6,392 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 9 of 14 in Dongen
How Hoge Akker scores
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Is Hoge Akker a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Hoge Akker comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Hoge Akker 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, 43 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 Akker has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 14%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1513%
NL median 14%
- 15–2514%
NL median 11%
- 25–4520%
NL median 22%
- 45–6535%
NL median 28%
- 65+18%
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
2.5 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
18% — far fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
44% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,533 — 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 Akker a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Hoge Akker comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Hoge Akker 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 Akker?
In Hoge Akker the police recorded 43 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (15 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 Akker calculated?
Hoge Akker scores 6.3 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 Akker 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 Dongen.
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