neighbourhood in Oegstgeest

Bloemenbuurt

2,580 residents · postal code 2343 · Part of Oudenhof, Oegstgeest

Top 37% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

The rate of social assistance in the Bloemenbuurt is more than six times the national middle, and that is by far the most striking number here. The share of high incomes sits exactly on the median and the property value just under it — so this is not a neighbourhood that lags on every component of wealth, but one where a single component is far out of step. That pulls the pillar down to 4.6.

The 9.4 for amenities is the mirror image: supermarket and GP are three to four hundred metres away, a restaurant five hundred. Within Oegstgeest this is the best-connected spot to live.

The safety score of 5.4 turns almost entirely on property crime, which here reaches nearly twice the national figure. Violence and burglary, by contrast, sit on or just above the median, so this is about theft rather than aggression.

no. 4,785 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 12 of 15 in Oegstgeest

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Is Bloemenbuurt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Bloemenbuurt comes out at 31 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more 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

30.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.4 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.6 per 1,000

Property crime

16.8 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.1 per 1,000

In 2025, 105 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

0.3 km

GP practice

0.4 km

Train station

3.6 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

2.8 km

Café

1.2 km

Library

0.5 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

€ 394,000

Welfare recipients

50.4 per 1,000

High incomes

19%

Low incomes

41%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

49%

Social housing

36%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

34%

Built after 2000

14%

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

8,286 inw/km²

Noise level

54 dB

Green surroundings

53%

Trees nearby

15%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,093

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.3 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

26%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

0.7 km

Residents under 15

15%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Bloemenbuurt looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1515%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4527%
NL median 22%
45–6522%
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
1.9 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
50% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
26% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
8,286 — 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 Bloemenbuurt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Bloemenbuurt comes out at 31 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. 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 Bloemenbuurt?

In Bloemenbuurt the police recorded 105 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (31 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 Bloemenbuurt calculated?

Bloemenbuurt scores 7.3 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 Bloemenbuurt 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.