neighbourhood in Haarlemmermeer
Hoofddorp Pax Oost
2,435 residents · postal code 2131 · Part of Hoofddorp, Haarlemmermeer
Good for children, with a safety question
Looking only at the total number of reported offences, the 4.7 for safety in Hoofddorp Pax Oost makes no sense: that total is barely above the national middle. The explanation is in the split. Burglary and vandalism are above the median here, and burglary in particular weighs heavily in this pillar; property crime, which carries most of the volume, stays below it.
The 7.3 for wealth & income holds only in part. Property value and the share of high incomes are above the national middle and vacancy is minimal, but the number of social assistance claims per thousand residents is more than double it. This is a neighbourhood with a wide spread, not one that is comfortable across the board.
More than a quarter of residents are 65 or older, and yet families still comes out at 8.4.
- no. 3,931 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 29 of 93 in Haarlemmermeer
How Hoofddorp Pax Oost scores
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Is Hoofddorp Pax Oost a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Hoofddorp Pax Oost comes out at 25 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.
In 2025, 76 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
The age profile of Hoofddorp Pax Oost looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4522%
NL median 22%
- 45–6526%
NL median 28%
- 65+27%
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
37% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,192 — 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 Pax Oost a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Hoofddorp Pax Oost comes out at 25 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 Hoofddorp Pax Oost?
In Hoofddorp Pax Oost the police recorded 76 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (25 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 Pax Oost calculated?
Hoofddorp Pax Oost scores 7.7 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 Pax 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.
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