neighbourhood in Hoogeveen

Wolfsbos

4,255 residents · postal code 7905 · Part of Hoogeveen, Hoogeveen

Bottom 26% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, thinner wallets

Property value in Wolfsbos is around half the national median, and that component weighs heaviest in the wealth & income pillar. Combined with a number of social assistance benefits more than five times the national level, that pillar comes to a 2.9 — the figure dragging the overall score down here.

With safety one type stands out. Criminal damage is more than twice above the national median, while burglary and property crime stay below it. That is damage, not theft, and it says something different about a street than a high total alone.

The 7.8 for families comes mainly from the short distance to the primary school, six hundred metres. Anyone taking children to school here has it close by; the wealth side of the same street looks rather different.

no. 9,716 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 31 of 47 in Hoogeveen

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Is Wolfsbos a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Wolfsbos comes out at 31 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

30.6 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.7 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.4 per 1,000

Property crime

6.7 per 1,000

Vandalism

5.8 per 1,000

In 2025, 151 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

0.8 km

Train station

3.6 km

Restaurant

0.7 km

Hospital

4.2 km

Café

2.5 km

Library

2.7 km

Motorway ramp

1.6 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

€ 216,000

Welfare recipients

40.0 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

48%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

55%

Social housing

36%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

64%

Built after 2000

10%

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

4,484 inw/km²

Noise level

53 dB

Green surroundings

45%

Trees nearby

10%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,524

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.1 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

0.6 km

Households with children

31%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

0.8 km

Residents under 15

15%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Wolfsbos looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1515%
NL median 14%
15–2513%
NL median 11%
25–4524%
NL median 22%
45–6524%
NL median 28%
65+24%
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
41% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
31% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,484 — 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 Wolfsbos a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Wolfsbos comes out at 31 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 Wolfsbos?

In Wolfsbos the police recorded 151 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (31 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 Wolfsbos calculated?

Wolfsbos scores 4.4 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 Wolfsbos 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.