neighbourhood in Nieuwegein

Hoven-Oost

2,365 residents · postal code 3438 · Part of Galecop, Nieuwegein

Bottom 35% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

Anyone travelling by train from Hoven-Oost has more than five kilometres to cover before reaching the platform. Supermarket, GP and restaurant are within half a kilometre, and that explains why the amenities pillar still comes out at 7.7 despite that station: rail counts for less than the daily shopping.

The families pillar stalls at 4.9, and the primary school more than a kilometre away weighs heaviest in it. That fits the population: more than thirty per cent of residents are 65 or older against thirteen percent under fifteen.

Quiet & nature gets no further than 3.0, even though the share of green here is around the national middle. It sits in the other components: barely any tree canopy, no water, noise above the median and more than six thousand residents per square kilometre. Green nearby is not the same as quiet nearby.

no. 8,622 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 22 of 34 in Nieuwegein

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Is Hoven-Oost a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Hoven-Oost 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.

Total crime

20.3 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.0 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.7 per 1,000

Property crime

7.9 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.1 per 1,000

In 2025, 55 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

0.4 km

Train station

5.5 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

4.6 km

Café

2.1 km

Library

4.1 km

Motorway ramp

1.6 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

€ 453,000

Welfare recipients

12.7 per 1,000

High incomes

21%

Low incomes

36%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

70%

Social housing

28%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

64%

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

6,521 inw/km²

Noise level

54 dB

Green surroundings

51%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,443

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

1.2 km

Households with children

32%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

4.6 km

Residents under 15

13%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Hoven-Oost has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 31%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1513%
NL median 14%
15–258%
NL median 11%
25–4519%
NL median 22%
45–6529%
NL median 28%
65+31%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
34% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
32% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,521 — 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 Hoven-Oost a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Hoven-Oost 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 Hoven-Oost?

In Hoven-Oost the police recorded 55 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 Hoven-Oost calculated?

Hoven-Oost scores 5.1 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 Hoven-Oost 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.