neighbourhood in Hilversum

Van Riebeeckkwartier

3,625 residents · postal code 1212 · Part of Zuidoost, Hilversum

Bottom 22% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, thinner wallets

The most striking thing about Van Riebeeckkwartier is how far two scores sit apart: an 8.7 for families against a 3.4 for wealth & income. The first rests mainly on the short walk to the primary school, less than half a kilometre away; the second on a property value far below the national median and a social assistance rate that is a multiple of it.

On safety it pays to look beneath the headline figure. The number of reported offences is only just above the national middle, but that is not down to theft, which is actually below it. Violence and vandalism are the ones above the median, and those are precisely the two that weigh heaviest in the pillar. Hence a 3.9 behind a total that at first glance looks average. More than half of all households are single-person.

no. 10,262 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 34 of 37 in Hilversum

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Is Van Riebeeckkwartier a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Van Riebeeckkwartier comes out at 27 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more 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

26.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.7 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.0 per 1,000

Property crime

8.3 per 1,000

Vandalism

4.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 128 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

0.6 km

GP practice

1.4 km

Train station

0.9 km

Restaurant

0.8 km

Hospital

0.6 km

Café

1.1 km

Library

2.8 km

Motorway ramp

1.1 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

€ 324,000

Welfare recipients

57.9 per 1,000

High incomes

14%

Low incomes

44%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

28%

Social housing

55%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

23%

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

8,539 inw/km²

Noise level

55 dB

Green surroundings

43%

Trees nearby

15%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,192

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.8 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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The figures ⌄

Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.

Primary school

0.4 km

Households with children

27%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

0.5 km

Residents under 15

15%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Van Riebeeckkwartier has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 34%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1515%
NL median 14%
15–259%
NL median 11%
25–4534%
NL median 22%
45–6523%
NL median 28%
65+19%
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
53% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
27% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
8,539 — 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 Van Riebeeckkwartier a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Van Riebeeckkwartier comes out at 27 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. One caveat: the figure counts per person present, not per resident. In a neighbourhood with many visitors — a centre, a station, a shopping area — it therefore comes out higher than residents experience. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Van Riebeeckkwartier?

In Van Riebeeckkwartier the police recorded 128 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (27 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 Van Riebeeckkwartier calculated?

Van Riebeeckkwartier scores 4.1 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 Van Riebeeckkwartier 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.