neighbourhood in Hilversum
Boomberg
3,190 residents · postal code 1217 · Part of Noordwest, Hilversum
Everything close by, except school and childcare
One category of offence explains why Boomberg, with a crime total below the national middle, still gets no further than a 6.9 for safety: burglary here runs at five times the median, and burglary weighs heavily in that pillar. Violence and vandalism stay well beneath it. That is the pattern of an area with plenty to take behind the front door.
Those front doors are expensive. Property value is far above the national middle, the share of high incomes almost double it, and the rate of social assistance less than half the median. One figure is out of step: vacancy here is well above the national level, and that costs the wealth & income pillar part of its 8.6.
The tree canopy is more than three times as dense as in an average Dutch neighbourhood. That, rather than density, lifts quiet & nature to a 7.9 in a town that is otherwise simply urban.
- no. 1,066 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 10 of 37 in Hilversum
How Boomberg scores
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Is Boomberg a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Boomberg comes out at 20 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.
In 2025, 101 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
Boomberg has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 29%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1513%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4517%
NL median 22%
- 45–6530%
NL median 28%
- 65+29%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
45% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
27% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,501 — 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 Boomberg a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Boomberg comes out at 20 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 Boomberg?
In Boomberg the police recorded 101 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (20 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 Boomberg calculated?
Boomberg scores 9.4 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 Boomberg 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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