neighbourhood in Katwijk
De Hoek
2,455 residents · postal code 2231 · Part of Rijnsburg, Katwijk
Safe, but not spacious
De Hoek is densely built, with almost ten thousand residents per square kilometre, and at the same time scores a 9.6 for safety with all four types of reported offence below the national median. Those two go together less often than you would think; density and crime are clearly uncoupled here.
That density does make itself felt in the quiet & nature pillar, which stays at a 4.6: the share of greenery around it is well below the Dutch average and the tree canopy is thin. For families the neighbourhood takes a 9.3, with the primary school around the corner and more than four in ten households having children. Wealth & income lags at a 5.7, mainly because of a social assistance rate more than twice the national middle alongside a property value just above the median.
- no. 1,182 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 11 of 37 in Katwijk
How De Hoek scores
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Is De Hoek a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Hoek comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: De Hoek is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
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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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
The age profile of De Hoek looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1517%
NL median 14%
- 15–2512%
NL median 11%
- 25–4524%
NL median 22%
- 45–6528%
NL median 28%
- 65+18%
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
26% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
44% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
9,535 — 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 De Hoek a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Hoek comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: De Hoek is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in De Hoek?
In De Hoek the police recorded 36 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (15 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 De Hoek calculated?
De Hoek scores 9.3 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 De Hoek 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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