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Boslaan

1,380 residents · postal code 1405 · Part of Spiegel, Gooise Meren

Top 1% in the Netherlands

How we calculate

Boslaan is a spacious residential neighbourhood in Gooise Meren with 1,380 residents. Measured against every neighbourhood in the Netherlands, it scores 10.0 out of 10. Scores are fairly even, with wealth and income (9.6) as the strongest pillar. Housing sits in the upper segment, with an average property value of €1265k versus €422k nationally.

  • no. 67 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
  • no. 9 of 53 in Gooise Meren

How Boslaan scores

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The figures

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
Total crime
23.7 per 1,000
Violent crime
0.9 per 1,000
Burglaries
0.5 per 1,000
Property crime
12.3 per 1,000
Vandalism
2.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 49 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.
Supermarket
0.9 km
GP practice
1.0 km
Train station
1.3 km
Restaurant
0.9 km
Hospital
5.1 km
Café
1.0 km
Library
1.7 km
Motorway ramp
2.1 km

Tick = Dutch median

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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.
Property value
€ 1,265,000
Welfare recipients
7.2 per 1,000
High incomes
48%
Low incomes
31%
Vacancy
4%
Owner-occupied
85%
Social housing
6%

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Single-family homes
87%
Built after 2000
1%

Tick = Dutch median

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The figures

Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Population density
1,769 inw/km²
Noise level
49 dB
Green surroundings
67%
Trees nearby
21%
Water share
3%

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Addresses per km²
1,916
Fine particles (PM2.5)
8.1 µg/m³

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

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The figures

Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Primary school
0.5 km
Households with children
48%
Childcare
0.7 km
Secondary school
1.0 km
Residents under 15
23%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Boslaan has strikingly many children under 15: 23%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

  • 0–1523%

    NL median 14%

  • 15–2513%

    NL median 11%

  • 25–4517%

    NL median 22%

  • 45–6532%

    NL median 28%

  • 65+16%

    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

    2.7larger than average

    NL median 2.3

  • Single-person households

    25%fewer than average

    NL median 31%

  • Households with children

    48%far more than average

    NL median 35%

  • Residents per km²

    1,769less 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

How is the grade for Boslaan calculated?

Boslaan scores 10.0 as its total score. That grade is a national position: we weigh four equally heavy scores — safety, amenities, wealth & income and quiet & nature — and see where Boslaan lands among every neighbourhood in the Netherlands. So it is not the mean of the four grades, but a place in the queue. All from open data published by CBS and the police.

Is Boslaan a safe neighbourhood?

Boslaan scores 7.5 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (23.7 per year). The national median is around 24.1.

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