neighbourhood in Gooise Meren

Midden Eng-Oost

1,770 residents · postal code 1403 · Part of Eng, Gooise Meren

Top 38% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

Six thousand residents per square kilometre make Midden Eng-Oost one of the densely built spots in Gooise Meren, and it shows in the 5.4 for quiet & nature: noise sits at the national middle and so does greenery, but density pulls the pillar down. Tree canopy is in fact more generous than nationally — trees enough, space little.

The wealth & income pillar drops to 4.4, and not because of incomes: the share of households in the top group is at the national middle, the bottom group only slightly above, vacancy exactly on the median. What does stand out is social assistance, more than three times the national figure, alongside a property value below the median. Safety tells the reverse story: the total stays below the median, but burglary occurs here more than twice as often as nationally and vandalism more often too. Violence and property crime stay below — so this is not a place where something happens to you on the street at night, but one where doors and belongings need attention.

no. 4,904 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 39 of 53 in Gooise Meren

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Is Midden Eng-Oost a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Midden Eng-Oost comes out at 22 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.

Total crime

21.8 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.9 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.5 per 1,000

Property crime

4.6 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.2 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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Amenities

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Supermarket

0.6 km

GP practice

0.3 km

Train station

2.2 km

Restaurant

1.1 km

Hospital

2.8 km

Café

0.8 km

Library

1.9 km

Motorway ramp

1.8 km

Tick = Dutch median

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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

€ 382,000

Welfare recipients

28.2 per 1,000

High incomes

18%

Low incomes

41%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

50%

Social housing

45%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

77%

Built after 2000

Tick = Dutch median

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Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.

Population density

6,022 inw/km²

Noise level

52 dB

Green surroundings

56%

Trees nearby

13%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,422

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.5 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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Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.

Primary school

0.8 km

Households with children

41%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

1.2 km

Residents under 15

18%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Midden Eng-Oost has strikingly many children under 15: 18%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1518%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4525%
NL median 22%
45–6528%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
37% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
41% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,022 — 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 Midden Eng-Oost a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Midden Eng-Oost comes out at 22 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 Midden Eng-Oost?

In Midden Eng-Oost the police recorded 49 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (22 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 Midden Eng-Oost calculated?

Midden Eng-Oost scores 7.2 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 Midden Eng-Oost 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.