neighbourhood in Hilversum

Noord

7,575 residents · postal code 1222 · Part of Noordoost, Hilversum

Top 43% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

More than eight thousand people to a square kilometre, and yet a 6.8 for quiet: the Noord neighbourhood in the Hilversum district of Noordoost owes that to its trees. The crown area is at more than double the national level and the greenery around it too sits above it, while density is only one of the five equally weighted components of that pillar.

The number of registered offences comes out almost exactly at the Dutch middle, but the 4.2 for safety shows that a total does not tell the whole story. Violence and vandalism stick out considerably above the national figure, burglary too, and theft of all things - in urban neighbourhoods usually the category that sets the picture - stays below. At the bottom is wealth with a 3.9, just under safety: that pillar is weighed down by a social assistance share of almost six times the national one.

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no. 23 of 37 in Hilversum

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Is Noord a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Noord comes out at 25 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood.

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Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

24.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.6 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.9 per 1,000

Property crime

7.8 per 1,000

Vandalism

4.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 245 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

0.5 km

GP practice

0.6 km

Train station

0.8 km

Restaurant

0.7 km

Hospital

3.5 km

Café

0.9 km

Library

0.6 km

Motorway ramp

1.4 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

€ 344,000

Welfare recipients

46.2 per 1,000

High incomes

15%

Low incomes

41%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

41%

Social housing

53%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

36%

Built after 2000

13%

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

8,138 inw/km²

Noise level

53 dB

Green surroundings

61%

Trees nearby

23%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,959

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.6 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

31%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

1.0 km

Residents under 15

17%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Noord has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 31%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1517%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4531%
NL median 22%
45–6526%
NL median 28%
65+15%
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
49% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
31% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
8,138 — 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 Noord a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Noord comes out at 25 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 Noord?

In Noord the police recorded 245 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (25 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 Noord calculated?

Noord scores 6.8 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 Noord 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.