neighbourhood in Nijkerk
Hoevelaken-Kleinhoven
1,805 residents · postal code 3871 · Part of Hoevelaken, Nijkerk
Safe, and nowhere really weak
An overall score of 10.0 here means that no pillar disappoints: Hoevelaken-Kleinhoven is among the country's very best and the weakest of the five is still a 7.7. That is rarer than a single high outlier.
The 9.8 for safety rests on four offence types that all stay below the national middle, with burglary practically absent. Space explains the 8.9 for quiet & nature: this is thinly built up, with plenty of greenery within three hundred metres. One component points the other way — the share of social assistance is above the Dutch level, and that is why the wealth & income pillar does not reach the nines despite a high property value.
- no. 38 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 1 of 32 in Nijkerk
How Hoevelaken-Kleinhoven scores
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Is Hoevelaken-Kleinhoven a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Hoevelaken-Kleinhoven comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Hoevelaken-Kleinhoven 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, 31 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 Hoevelaken-Kleinhoven looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1516%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4522%
NL median 22%
- 45–6528%
NL median 28%
- 65+23%
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
34% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
36% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
742 — far less 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 Hoevelaken-Kleinhoven a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Hoevelaken-Kleinhoven comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Hoevelaken-Kleinhoven 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 Hoevelaken-Kleinhoven?
In Hoevelaken-Kleinhoven the police recorded 31 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 Hoevelaken-Kleinhoven calculated?
Hoevelaken-Kleinhoven scores 10.0 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 Hoevelaken-Kleinhoven 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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