neighbourhood in Hilversum

Electrobuurt

2,610 residents · postal code 1221 · Part of Oost, Hilversum

Bottom 50% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

Everything here is within walking range — supermarket, GP, restaurant and station all inside a kilometre and a half — and that gives the Electrobuurt a 9.8 for amenities, plus a 9.1 for families in which the short school distance counts heaviest.

The contrast sits in the other pillars. The share of residents on social assistance is six times the national median, property value is below it and the top income group is thinner than nationally: a 4.3 for wealth & income with no mitigating component. The 2.8 for quiet & nature comes from density and the scarce greenery around, not from noise, which is only just above the median. And the 4.6 for safety turns on violence and burglary, both above the national median, while theft stays below it.

no. 6,594 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 27 of 37 in Hilversum

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Is Electrobuurt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Electrobuurt comes out at 23 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.

Total crime

22.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.3 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.3 per 1,000

Property crime

7.6 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 79 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.

Supermarket

0.3 km

GP practice

0.5 km

Train station

1.2 km

Restaurant

0.2 km

Hospital

2.1 km

Café

0.5 km

Library

1.7 km

Motorway ramp

1.7 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

€ 370,000

Welfare recipients

49.8 per 1,000

High incomes

17%

Low incomes

43%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

40%

Social housing

48%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

64%

Built after 2000

17%

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

11,266 inw/km²

Noise level

53 dB

Green surroundings

25%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

3,943

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.0 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

0.5 km

Households with children

34%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

0.4 km

Residents under 15

18%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Electrobuurt has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 34%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1518%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4534%
NL median 22%
45–6524%
NL median 28%
65+13%
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
47% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
34% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
11,266 — 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 Electrobuurt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Electrobuurt comes out at 23 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 Electrobuurt?

In Electrobuurt the police recorded 79 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (23 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 Electrobuurt calculated?

Electrobuurt scores 6.2 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 Electrobuurt 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.