neighbourhood in Nissewaard

Hoogwerf-Zuid

1,955 residents · postal code 3202 · Part of Hoogwerf, Nissewaard

Bottom 14% in the Netherlands

Good for children, with a safety question

A 2.7 for safety is among the lowest figures in the country, and in Hoogwerf-Zuid it is clear where it comes from: violence runs at almost three times the national median and every other type of reported offence sits above it too. This is not the profile of a neighbourhood where belongings go missing but little else happens.

The social assistance rate is more than five times the national middle and the property value stays far below the median; together with vacancy above the middle that keeps the wealth & income pillar at 3.1.

Even so, for a family this is practically a well-equipped place. School, supermarket, GP and restaurant are all within seven hundred metres, which yields a 9.1 for families and an 8.6 for amenities. Those two figures and the safety pillar describe the same streets, and the gap between them is exactly what a reader has to weigh here.

no. 11,359 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 65 of 78 in Nissewaard

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Is Hoogwerf-Zuid 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

42.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

6.8 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.8 per 1,000

Property crime

11.0 per 1,000

Vandalism

4.1 per 1,000

In 2025, 115 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

0.4 km

GP practice

0.7 km

Train station

15.2 km

Restaurant

0.4 km

Hospital

1.9 km

Café

0.3 km

Library

1.0 km

Motorway ramp

1.0 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

€ 269,000

Welfare recipients

40.9 per 1,000

High incomes

15%

Low incomes

41%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

53%

Social housing

42%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

56%

Built after 2000

25%

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

4,943 inw/km²

Noise level

57 dB

Green surroundings

43%

Trees nearby

11%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,127

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.6 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

0.3 km

Households with children

32%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

0.4 km

Residents under 15

14%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Hoogwerf-Zuid looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–259%
NL median 11%
25–4527%
NL median 22%
45–6524%
NL median 28%
65+25%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
42% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
32% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,943 — 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 Hoogwerf-Zuid a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Hoogwerf-Zuid comes out at 43 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Hoogwerf-Zuid 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 Hoogwerf-Zuid?

In Hoogwerf-Zuid the police recorded 115 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (43 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 Hoogwerf-Zuid calculated?

Hoogwerf-Zuid scores 3.5 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 Hoogwerf-Zuid 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.