neighbourhood in Haarlemmermeer

Hoofddorp Pax West

2,675 residents · postal code 2131 · Part of Hoofddorp, Haarlemmermeer

Top 16% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, thinner wallets

The wealth & income pillar of Hoofddorp Pax West comes out at 5.8, and that figure hides a contradiction. Property value is above the Dutch median and the income distribution barely differs from the national one, but the social assistance rate here is almost five times the middle. One component against the rest.

The 8.5 for safety, by contrast, admits no exception: violence, burglary, property crime and criminal damage are all four below the Dutch median. And the 9.0 for families says little in this case about the population — a quarter of residents are over sixty-five — but a great deal about the primary school seven hundred metres away, by far the heaviest component of that pillar. What lags are the other distances: the GP is a good kilometre off and the station more than three.

no. 2,052 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 14 of 93 in Haarlemmermeer

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Is Hoofddorp Pax West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Hoofddorp Pax West comes out at 19 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer 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

19.2 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.7 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.4 per 1,000

Property crime

6.6 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.9 per 1,000

In 2025, 59 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

0.8 km

GP practice

1.2 km

Train station

3.2 km

Restaurant

0.8 km

Hospital

4.0 km

Café

0.8 km

Library

2.5 km

Motorway ramp

2.0 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

€ 453,000

Welfare recipients

37.4 per 1,000

High incomes

20%

Low incomes

39%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

69%

Social housing

28%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

95%

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

6,028 inw/km²

Noise level

52 dB

Green surroundings

50%

Trees nearby

13%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,647

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

0.7 km

Households with children

41%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

0.6 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Hoofddorp Pax West looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–2513%
NL median 11%
25–4522%
NL median 22%
45–6523%
NL median 28%
65+26%
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
2.4 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
26% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
41% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,028 — 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 West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Hoofddorp Pax West comes out at 19 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Hoofddorp Pax West?

In Hoofddorp Pax West the police recorded 59 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (19 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 West calculated?

Hoofddorp Pax West scores 8.8 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 West 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.