neighbourhood in Haarlemmermeer
Hoofddorp Centrum Zuid
3,400 residents · postal code 2132 · Part of Hoofddorp, Haarlemmermeer
Everything close by, safety lags
Of all reported offences in Hoofddorp Centrum Zuid more than two thirds are property crime, nearly seven times the national median, while burglary is actually below the middle. That difference is the whole story of this safety pillar: the risk lies outside the door, not behind it.
The wealth & income pillar points clearly upward. Property values above the Dutch median, more than a quarter of households on a high income, just over a quarter on a low one against almost four in ten nationally, and a social assistance rate below the middle. Only vacancy is slightly above.
The families score of 4.7 fits who lives here. A quarter of residents are 65 or older, one in five households has children and the primary school is nine hundred metres away. Distance and population pull the same way here.
- no. 8,037 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 56 of 93 in Haarlemmermeer
How Hoofddorp Centrum Zuid scores
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Is Hoofddorp Centrum Zuid a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Hoofddorp Centrum Zuid comes out at 91 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Hoofddorp Centrum Zuid is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most 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, 522 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
Hoofddorp Centrum Zuid has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 39%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1512%
NL median 14%
- 15–257%
NL median 11%
- 25–4539%
NL median 22%
- 45–6517%
NL median 28%
- 65+25%
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
1.8 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
48% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
22% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,760 — 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 Hoofddorp Centrum Zuid a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Hoofddorp Centrum Zuid comes out at 91 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Hoofddorp Centrum Zuid is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes. 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 Hoofddorp Centrum Zuid?
In Hoofddorp Centrum Zuid the police recorded 522 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (91 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 Hoofddorp Centrum Zuid calculated?
Hoofddorp Centrum Zuid scores 5.4 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 Hoofddorp Centrum Zuid 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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