neighbourhood in Haarlemmermeer

Hoofddorp Overbos Noord

4,815 residents · postal code 2134 · Part of Hoofddorp, Haarlemmermeer

Bottom 43% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, safety lags

The property value in Hoofddorp Overbos Noord lies almost exactly at the national median, and yet wealth gets no further than a 5.1. That lies in the share of social assistance benefits, which is a multiple of the Dutch middle; the income distribution itself barely deviates and virtually nothing stands empty.

The safety score of 4.5 has a profile of its own. Violence and theft stay below the median, but burglary lies at about triple it and vandalism at almost double. It is not the number of registrations that makes this score, but its distribution.

There is not a home here built after 2000, and yet the families pillar comes out at a 7.2. Year of construction does not count in it: that pillar looks at the distance to education and childcare and at how many children live there.

no. 7,511 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 51 of 93 in Haarlemmermeer

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Is Hoofddorp Overbos Noord a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Hoofddorp Overbos Noord comes out at 27 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

26.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.8 per 1,000

Property crime

7.8 per 1,000

Vandalism

4.4 per 1,000

In 2025, 159 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

0.7 km

Train station

5.6 km

Restaurant

0.7 km

Hospital

1.8 km

Café

1.1 km

Library

2.4 km

Motorway ramp

0.8 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

€ 421,000

Welfare recipients

33.2 per 1,000

High incomes

16%

Low incomes

41%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

47%

Social housing

48%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

83%

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

6,571 inw/km²

Noise level

55 dB

Green surroundings

48%

Trees nearby

12%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,022

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.2 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

40%

Childcare

0.8 km

Secondary school

2.2 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Hoofddorp Overbos Noord looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4527%
NL median 22%
45–6525%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
35% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
40% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,571 — 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 Overbos Noord a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Hoofddorp Overbos Noord comes out at 27 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 Hoofddorp Overbos Noord?

In Hoofddorp Overbos Noord the police recorded 159 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (27 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 Overbos Noord calculated?

Hoofddorp Overbos Noord scores 5.7 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 Overbos Noord 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.