neighbourhood in Hilversum

Havenstraatbuurt

3,050 residents · postal code 1211 · Part of Centrum, Hilversum

Bottom 45% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

The wealth & income figure for Havenstraatbuurt is a puzzle. The share of high-income households sits exactly on the national median and there are in fact fewer low incomes than average, but the number of social assistance claims is more than four times the national level and property values stay below the median. That combination makes the 4.4 not a neighbourhood of poverty across the board, but one with a sharp divide.

Amenities score a 9.8, close to the maximum: everything is within half a kilometre. The price of that is the 3.4 for quiet & nature, with more than thirteen thousand residents per square kilometre and little greenery around.

With crime, what stands out is that the total sits below the national median while violence sits clearly above it. It is not theft that is busy here, and that is exactly what pushes the 5.6 for safety down.

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no. 29 of 37 in Hilversum

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Is Havenstraatbuurt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Havenstraatbuurt 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.

Total crime

20.2 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.9 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.7 per 1,000

Property crime

5.6 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.2 per 1,000

In 2025, 90 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

0.3 km

GP practice

0.4 km

Train station

1.4 km

Restaurant

0.2 km

Hospital

2.6 km

Café

0.5 km

Library

2.0 km

Motorway ramp

2.4 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

€ 353,000

Welfare recipients

36.1 per 1,000

High incomes

19%

Low incomes

35%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

41%

Social housing

23%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

42%

Built after 2000

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

13,601 inw/km²

Noise level

54 dB

Green surroundings

37%

Trees nearby

16%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

4,034

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

0.8 km

Households with children

25%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

0.6 km

Residents under 15

14%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Havenstraatbuurt has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 38%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4538%
NL median 22%
45–6527%
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
1.8 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
52% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
25% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
13,601 — 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 Havenstraatbuurt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Havenstraatbuurt 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 Havenstraatbuurt?

In Havenstraatbuurt the police recorded 90 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 Havenstraatbuurt calculated?

Havenstraatbuurt scores 5.9 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 Havenstraatbuurt 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.