neighbourhood in Hilversum

Kleine Driftbuurt

4,265 residents · postal code 1221 · Part of Oost, Hilversum

Bottom 49% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

A 2.6 for quiet & nature is the lowest thing Kleine Driftbuurt has to offer, and it is not a matter of one measurement. Greenery in the surroundings is around half the national median, open water is absent, the noise level is above it and the building is dense. Almost every component of that pillar points the same way.

Against that stands a 9.5 for amenities: everything is within a kilometre, the station included. That is the same characteristic seen from the other side.

The age profile is strikingly skewed. A fifth of residents are under fifteen and the share of older people is far below the national level. Together with a primary school within walking distance that produces an 8.3 for families — this is a district where many children grow up in little space.

no. 6,792 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 28 of 37 in Hilversum

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Is Kleine Driftbuurt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Kleine Driftbuurt comes out at 24 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

23.8 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.2 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.1 per 1,000

Property crime

7.5 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.9 per 1,000

In 2025, 141 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

0.4 km

GP practice

0.9 km

Train station

1.0 km

Restaurant

0.3 km

Hospital

1.5 km

Café

0.4 km

Library

1.8 km

Motorway ramp

1.9 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

€ 401,000

Welfare recipients

25.8 per 1,000

High incomes

23%

Low incomes

35%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

53%

Social housing

28%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

61%

Built after 2000

25%

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

9,151 inw/km²

Noise level

57 dB

Green surroundings

27%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

4,169

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

0.7 km

Households with children

33%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

0.7 km

Residents under 15

20%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Kleine Driftbuurt has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 36%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1520%
NL median 14%
15–259%
NL median 11%
25–4536%
NL median 22%
45–6524%
NL median 28%
65+11%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
45% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
33% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
9,151 — 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 Kleine Driftbuurt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Kleine Driftbuurt comes out at 24 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 Kleine Driftbuurt?

In Kleine Driftbuurt the police recorded 141 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (24 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 Kleine Driftbuurt calculated?

Kleine Driftbuurt scores 6.1 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 Kleine Driftbuurt 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.