neighbourhood in Hillegom

Om de Zanderij

1,860 residents · postal code 2182 · Part of Hillegom West, Hillegom

Bottom 41% in the Netherlands

Well-off, but not carefree

The safety score for Om de Zanderij, a 3.1, traces back almost entirely to one type of report: property crime is more than three times above the national median and makes up two thirds of all registrations. Violence, burglary and vandalism are above it too, but their contribution is dwarfed by that.

Alongside sits a 9.1 for wealth & income, and it holds across the board: property values are well above the national median, no social assistance is registered, the share of high incomes is above it and the share of low incomes below. Only vacancy lands exactly on the national figure and so points neither way. The families pillar lags at 4.9, and the primary school at just over a kilometre explains a good deal of that — further away than the supermarket, the GP and the station.

no. 7,733 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 16 of 20 in Hillegom

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Is Om de Zanderij a safe neighbourhood?

The figures ⌄

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

46.5 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.2 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.1 per 1,000

Property crime

31.0 per 1,000

Vandalism

4.1 per 1,000

In 2025, 125 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

1.2 km

GP practice

1.1 km

Train station

0.7 km

Restaurant

0.9 km

Hospital

2.2 km

Café

1.3 km

Library

1.9 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

€ 537,000

Welfare recipients

0.0 per 1,000

High incomes

27%

Low incomes

30%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

91%

Social housing

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

78%

Built after 2000

37%

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

3,059 inw/km²

Noise level

53 dB

Green surroundings

47%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

782

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.6 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

1.4 km

Households with children

33%

Childcare

1.0 km

Secondary school

1.6 km

Residents under 15

14%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Om de Zanderij looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4523%
NL median 22%
45–6529%
NL median 28%
65+24%
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
30% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
33% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,059 — 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 Om de Zanderij a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Om de Zanderij comes out at 47 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Om de Zanderij 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 Om de Zanderij?

In Om de Zanderij the police recorded 125 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (47 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 Om de Zanderij calculated?

Om de Zanderij scores 5.6 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 Om de Zanderij 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.