neighbourhood in Nijkerk

Hoevelaken-Overhorst

1,995 residents · postal code 3871 · Part of Hoevelaken, Nijkerk

Top 2% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, and nowhere weak

A 6.7 for quiet & nature with a noise level well above the national median: in Hoevelaken-Overhorst, greenery and trees make up for what the traffic does. Two thirds of the surroundings within three hundred metres is green and the tree canopy is well above the Dutch middle.

The overall score of 9.9 comes further from the broad base: none of the five pillars drops below six. Wealth & income stands at 7.7, and there everything points the same way — a property value well above the national median, more households in the highest income group than nationally, fewer in the lowest, and little social assistance. Vacancy is exactly at the national level. For anyone with children, what counts most is the primary school around the corner, and that pulls the families pillar up to a 9.5.

no. 144 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 3 of 32 in Nijkerk

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Is Hoevelaken-Overhorst a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Hoevelaken-Overhorst comes out at 18 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

17.7 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.7 per 1,000

Property crime

5.0 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.6 per 1,000

In 2025, 43 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

0.6 km

Train station

1.1 km

Restaurant

0.4 km

Hospital

7.5 km

Café

0.6 km

Library

0.7 km

Motorway ramp

1.2 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

€ 522,000

Welfare recipients

5.0 per 1,000

High incomes

24%

Low incomes

36%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

80%

Social housing

14%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

82%

Built after 2000

12%

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

2,294 inw/km²

Noise level

58 dB

Green surroundings

64%

Trees nearby

13%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,016

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.9 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

0.4 km

Households with children

35%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

0.7 km

Residents under 15

15%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

0–1515%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4518%
NL median 22%
45–6526%
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
35% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,294 — around the 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-Overhorst a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Hoevelaken-Overhorst comes out at 18 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 Hoevelaken-Overhorst?

In Hoevelaken-Overhorst the police recorded 43 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (18 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-Overhorst calculated?

Hoevelaken-Overhorst scores 9.9 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-Overhorst 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.