neighbourhood in Hattem
De Hilst
3,245 residents · postal code 8052 · Part of Hattem, Hattem
Safe, but not spacious
A 10.0 for safety is not a rounding up but a place at the far edge: of the thirteen thousand neighbourhoods with a score, only a few dozen rank higher. All four offence types lie below the national middle, burglary at a fraction of it.
Against that stands a quiet and nature score of 4.3, which is surprising, because measured noise exposure in De Hilst is in fact below the national median. What holds the pillar down is the built fabric itself plus a tree canopy well under the national level — quiet here is measured by what grows and how closely people live, not by how silent it is.
The wealth pillar turns on one component. Property value is above the national middle and the top income group exactly on it, but the share of residents on social assistance comes out at more than double the median. That gap explains why the figure is 6.0 and no higher.
- no. 1,644 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 3 of 10 in Hattem
How De Hilst scores
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Is De Hilst a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Hilst comes out at 12 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: De Hilst is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest 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, 37 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
De Hilst has strikingly many children under 15: 19%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1519%
NL median 14%
- 15–2512%
NL median 11%
- 25–4522%
NL median 22%
- 45–6529%
NL median 28%
- 65+18%
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
2.5 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
26% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
42% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,087 — 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 De Hilst a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Hilst comes out at 12 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: De Hilst is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in De Hilst?
In De Hilst the police recorded 37 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (12 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 De Hilst calculated?
De Hilst scores 9.1 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 De Hilst 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.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Hattem
Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Hattem.
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