neighbourhood in Hilversum
Geuzenbuurt
2,625 residents · postal code 1221 · Part of Oost, Hilversum
Everything close by, little space
The Geuzenbuurt scores a 9.1 for amenities and a 2.7 for quiet & nature, two sides of the same coin: station, school, supermarket and restaurant are all within a kilometre, and that concentration goes together with little greenery and a density of almost ten thousand residents per square kilometre.
With safety, violence stands out at one and a half times the national median, while theft and burglary are below it. That gives the 6.1 a different meaning from what the number alone suggests.
Wealth & income comes out at 5.2. Property values are below the national median and the social assistance rate more than twice above it, while the income distribution is in fact slightly more favourable than nationally. A mixed picture, then, not a clear verdict.
- no. 5,402 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 22 of 37 in Hilversum
How Geuzenbuurt scores
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Is Geuzenbuurt a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Geuzenbuurt 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.
In 2025, 93 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
Geuzenbuurt has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 35%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4535%
NL median 22%
- 45–6528%
NL median 28%
- 65+10%
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
46% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
31% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
9,492 — 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 Geuzenbuurt a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Geuzenbuurt 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 Geuzenbuurt?
In Geuzenbuurt the police recorded 93 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 Geuzenbuurt calculated?
Geuzenbuurt scores 6.9 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 Geuzenbuurt 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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