neighbourhood in Nieuwegein

Hagen

2,720 residents · postal code 3437 · Part of Galecop, Nieuwegein

Top 39% in the Netherlands

Well-off, but not spacious

The primary school in Hagen is seven hundred metres away, and yet the families score stops at a 5.9. So distance is not the cause; it lies in who lives here. Almost three in ten residents are over sixty-five and only one in nine is under fifteen. The school route is short, the peers are fewer.

On wealth & income all the components point the same way: property value is above the national median, high incomes are well represented, low incomes under-represented, the social assistance rate stays below the national figure and there is hardly any vacancy. Such a unanimous picture is not common.

The safety pillar has one weak spot: burglary is above the national middle, while violence, theft and vandalism all three stay below it. The station is more than six kilometres away.

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Is Hagen a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Hagen comes out at 19 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

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Safety

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

Total crime

19.2 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.7 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.4 per 1,000

Property crime

7.5 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.6 per 1,000

In 2025, 60 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

0.8 km

GP practice

0.7 km

Train station

6.5 km

Restaurant

0.7 km

Hospital

4.2 km

Café

1.7 km

Library

3.8 km

Motorway ramp

2.6 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

€ 469,000

Welfare recipients

7.4 per 1,000

High incomes

23%

Low incomes

34%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

76%

Social housing

16%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

68%

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

3,996 inw/km²

Noise level

53 dB

Green surroundings

53%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,966

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.3 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

0.7 km

Households with children

36%

Childcare

0.7 km

Secondary school

4.3 km

Residents under 15

11%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Hagen has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 29%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1511%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4518%
NL median 22%
45–6530%
NL median 28%
65+29%
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
29% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
36% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,996 — 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 Hagen a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Hagen comes out at 19 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 Hagen?

In Hagen the police recorded 60 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (19 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 Hagen calculated?

Hagen 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 Hagen 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.