neighbourhood in Gooise Meren

Wester Eng

2,035 residents · postal code 1403 · Part of Eng, Gooise Meren

Bottom 28% in the Netherlands

Good for children, with a safety question

In Wester Eng all four types of offence sit above the national median: violence, burglary, theft and vandalism. No single category explains the 3.0 for safety on its own — the score comes from the breadth of it, which is a different story from a neighbourhood where one problem stands out.

The social assistance rate is almost seven times the usual national figure, and together with a property value well below the median that explains the 3.3 for wealth & income better than home ownership does. Set against that is the location. Supermarket, doctor, primary school and station are all within two kilometres, and the school is within three hundred metres; that short school distance carries the 9.0 for families. The share of children does not, because it barely differs from the national figure.

no. 9,444 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 50 of 53 in Gooise Meren

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Is Wester Eng a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Wester Eng comes out at 32 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more 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.

Total crime

31.6 per 1,000

Violent crime

4.5 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.4 per 1,000

Property crime

11.1 per 1,000

Vandalism

4.8 per 1,000

In 2025, 86 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

0.3 km

GP practice

0.9 km

Train station

1.8 km

Restaurant

0.8 km

Hospital

3.4 km

Café

1.2 km

Library

1.7 km

Motorway ramp

1.4 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

€ 297,000

Welfare recipients

54.1 per 1,000

High incomes

15%

Low incomes

42%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

40%

Social housing

42%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

34%

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

4,700 inw/km²

Noise level

57 dB

Green surroundings

61%

Trees nearby

21%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,968

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.3 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

0.3 km

Households with children

30%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

1.9 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Wester Eng has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 30%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4530%
NL median 22%
45–6524%
NL median 28%
65+21%
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
1.9 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
50% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
30% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,700 — 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 Wester Eng a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Wester Eng comes out at 32 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. One caveat: the figure counts per person present, not per resident. In a neighbourhood with many visitors — a centre, a station, a shopping area — it therefore comes out higher than residents experience. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Wester Eng?

In Wester Eng the police recorded 86 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (32 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 Wester Eng calculated?

Wester Eng scores 4.6 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 Wester Eng 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.