neighbourhood in Nieuwegein

Blokhoeve

1,785 residents · postal code 3438 · Part of Blokhoeve, Nieuwegein

Top 39% in the Netherlands

Well-off, schools and childcare further off

The crime rate in Blokhoeve runs at more than twice the national middle, but its composition tells a different story from that figure. Almost all of it is property crime; violence is at half the median and burglary below it. This is a place where things go missing, not one where you would rather stay indoors after dark — and precisely because violence is the heaviest component of that pillar, safety still holds at 6.2.

The wealth & income pillar, an 8.6, looks good on every component: property value above the median, more high and fewer low incomes than nationally, social assistance and vacancy below it.

The primary school is a kilometre and a half away, and that is the main reason the families pillar gets no further than 4.7. A third of households having children does not outweigh that distance.

no. 5,050 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 12 of 34 in Nieuwegein

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Is Blokhoeve a safe neighbourhood?

The figures ⌄

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

51.1 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.2 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.5 per 1,000

Property crime

35.2 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.6 per 1,000

In 2025, 132 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

0.6 km

GP practice

1.5 km

Train station

4.9 km

Restaurant

1.6 km

Hospital

4.3 km

Café

1.3 km

Library

3.2 km

Motorway ramp

1.5 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

€ 489,000

Welfare recipients

5.6 per 1,000

High incomes

35%

Low incomes

27%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

79%

Social housing

14%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

52%

Built after 2000

100%

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

3,278 inw/km²

Noise level

55 dB

Green surroundings

52%

Trees nearby

12%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,311

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.2 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

1.5 km

Households with children

35%

Childcare

1.3 km

Secondary school

3.6 km

Residents under 15

17%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Blokhoeve has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 35%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1517%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4535%
NL median 22%
45–6525%
NL median 28%
65+12%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
38% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
35% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,278 — 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 Blokhoeve a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Blokhoeve comes out at 51 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Blokhoeve is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes. 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 Blokhoeve?

In Blokhoeve the police recorded 132 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (51 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 Blokhoeve calculated?

Blokhoeve scores 7.1 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 Blokhoeve 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.