neighbourhood in Hilversum
Hilversumse Meent
4,180 residents · postal code 1218 · Part of Hilversumse Meent, Hilversum
Safe streets, thinner wallets
A 9.1 for quiet & nature next to a 9.9 for safety makes Hilversumse Meent a district where the tension is precisely what is absent. The tree canopy is twice the national median, greenery far above it, and no offence type comes out above the median.
The only figure lagging is wealth & income, and it is less clear-cut than a 6.1 suggests. Property value is well above the national median and vacancy far below it, but the number of social assistance benefits is almost three times the national level and the share of lower incomes is above it. Expensive homes, mixed residents.
Amenities come to a 7.6 with everything within six hundred metres except the station, which is a good deal further. For a green edge to a city that is a short list of what is missing.
- no. 174 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 3 of 37 in Hilversum
How Hilversumse Meent scores
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Is Hilversumse Meent a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Hilversumse Meent comes out at 11 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Hilversumse Meent is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 52 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
Hilversumse Meent has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 31%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1517%
NL median 14%
- 15–259%
NL median 11%
- 25–4519%
NL median 22%
- 45–6524%
NL median 28%
- 65+31%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
31% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
36% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,062 — 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 Hilversumse Meent a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Hilversumse Meent comes out at 11 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Hilversumse Meent is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Hilversumse Meent?
In Hilversumse Meent the police recorded 52 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (11 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 Hilversumse Meent calculated?
Hilversumse Meent scores 9.9 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 Hilversumse Meent 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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Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Hilversum.
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