neighbourhood in Lelystad
Hanzepark
1,940 residents · postal code 8232 · Part of Bolder, Lelystad
Everything for children close by, and little room
Every home in Hanzepark was built after 2000, and that shows in the figures in a way you might not expect. The quiet & nature pillar does not rise above 3.6: there is less greenery within walking distance than is usual nationally, the tree canopy lags and noise levels are above the median, at a population density of almost seven thousand per square kilometre.
Set against that is a 9.1 for families. The primary school is five hundred metres away, the station seven hundred, and more than a third of households have children.
On wealth this is a neighbourhood without a pronounced profile: incomes and social assistance sit around or just above the national middle, property values slightly below it. The one component that stands out is vacancy, which is twice the median.
- no. 5,493 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 38 of 87 in Lelystad
How Hanzepark scores
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Is Hanzepark a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Hanzepark comes out at 20 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.
In 2025, 42 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
Hanzepark has strikingly many children under 15: 19%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1519%
NL median 14%
- 15–259%
NL median 11%
- 25–4525%
NL median 22%
- 45–6518%
NL median 28%
- 65+28%
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
39% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
35% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,877 — 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 Hanzepark a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Hanzepark comes out at 20 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 Hanzepark?
In Hanzepark the police recorded 42 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (20 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 Hanzepark calculated?
Hanzepark scores 6.8 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 Hanzepark 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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