neighbourhood in Hoogeveen

Zuid

6,195 residents · postal code 7906 · Part of Hoogeveen, Hoogeveen

Bottom 17% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

Neighbourhoods with a low safety figure usually have a lot of theft; in Zuid that very component lies below the national level. What makes the 3.8 are burglary and vandalism: the first occurs there almost three times as often as usual, the second a good two times, and burglary is after violence the component that weighs heaviest in that pillar. That is a different kind of insecurity than the total figure would suggest.

The 2.9 for wealth & income leaves little room for nuance. The property value is about half the national one, households with a high income are rare there, the bottom income group is wide and social assistance is a multiple of the median; only vacancy stays below the national middle. Against that stands a 7.9 for amenities: shop, restaurant and primary school all lie within half a kilometre in Zuid.

no. 10,885 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 36 of 47 in Hoogeveen

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Is Zuid a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Zuid 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

31.0 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.6 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.6 per 1,000

Property crime

8.3 per 1,000

Vandalism

4.9 per 1,000

In 2025, 229 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

1.1 km

Train station

2.8 km

Restaurant

0.4 km

Hospital

3.2 km

Café

1.7 km

Library

1.9 km

Motorway ramp

1.7 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

€ 218,000

Welfare recipients

40.4 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

47%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

49%

Social housing

39%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

57%

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

4,936 inw/km²

Noise level

53 dB

Green surroundings

44%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,121

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

0.4 km

Households with children

27%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

0.8 km

Residents under 15

13%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

0–1513%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4527%
NL median 22%
45–6527%
NL median 28%
65+22%
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
1.9 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
48% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
27% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,936 — 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 Zuid a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Zuid 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 Zuid?

In Zuid the police recorded 229 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 Zuid calculated?

Zuid scores 3.8 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 Zuid 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.