neighbourhood in Hilversum
Schilderskwartier
3,990 residents · postal code 1213 · Part of Zuidoost, Hilversum
Everything for children close by, and little room
Rarely do all components of the wealth & income pillar point the same way as clearly as in Schilderskwartier: a high property value, more than twice as many high incomes as nationally, few low ones and a social assistance rate a third of the national level. Only the vacancy rate sits exactly on the national median and so points nowhere.
All the more striking, then, is the 6.4 for safety. It comes entirely from the burglary figure, three times above the national median, while violence here is a fraction of it. The risk is behind the front door, not in front of it. Against that stands a 6.0 for quiet & nature. The tree canopy here covers twice the national share, but the noise level is nearly three decibels above the median and greenery in the surroundings below it; those components carry equal weight and cancel each other out.
- no. 126 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 2 of 37 in Hilversum
How Schilderskwartier scores
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Is Schilderskwartier a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Schilderskwartier 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, 141 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
Schilderskwartier has strikingly many children under 15: 20%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1520%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4518%
NL median 22%
- 45–6529%
NL median 28%
- 65+21%
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
2.5 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
29% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
42% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,650 — 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 Schilderskwartier a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Schilderskwartier 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 Schilderskwartier?
In Schilderskwartier the police recorded 141 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 Schilderskwartier calculated?
Schilderskwartier 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 Schilderskwartier 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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