neighbourhood in Houten

Gilden

1,795 residents · postal code 3994 · Part of Houten Noord-Oost, Houten

Top 9% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, and little room

With the primary school three hundred metres away and more than a third of households having children, Gilden reaches a 9.6 for families — one of the neighbourhood's strongest figures. The overall score of 9.4 is not the average of the five pillars, but this one pushes it along firmly.

The 6.8 for safety is the weak point and has one identifiable cause. Violence, property crime and vandalism all three sit below the national middle, but burglary runs more than three times above it. Against such a low total of reports this involves few cases, and yet it is the category that hits a pillar score hardest after violence.

The wealth & income pillar, a 7.9, looks favourable on every component but one: the social assistance rate sits above the national middle. Property value, incomes and vacancy point the other way, and the property value weighs heaviest of those.

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Is Gilden a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Gilden comes out at 18 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer 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

18.0 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.9 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.9 per 1,000

Property crime

3.0 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.9 per 1,000

In 2025, 36 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

1.3 km

Train station

2.2 km

Restaurant

1.2 km

Hospital

1.2 km

Café

1.1 km

Library

2.7 km

Motorway ramp

1.0 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

€ 505,000

Welfare recipients

11.1 per 1,000

High incomes

25%

Low incomes

33%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

61%

Social housing

29%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

84%

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

5,687 inw/km²

Noise level

50 dB

Green surroundings

56%

Trees nearby

10%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,087

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.1 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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The figures ⌄

Families

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

Primary school

0.3 km

Households with children

36%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

1.6 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4523%
NL median 22%
45–6526%
NL median 28%
65+23%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
32% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
36% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,687 — 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 Gilden a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Gilden comes out at 18 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Gilden?

In Gilden the police recorded 36 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (18 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 Gilden calculated?

Gilden scores 9.4 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 Gilden 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.