neighbourhood in Oost Gelre

Hooiland

1,965 residents · postal code 7131 · Part of Lichtenvoorde, Oost Gelre

Bottom 35% in the Netherlands

Safe streets, thinner wallets

Hooiland scores at or above the national middle on four of the five pillars, but wealth & income drags the total down to 5.1. That 3.3 is not there without reason: property values are far below the national median, the share of high incomes is less than half the national figure, low incomes are over-represented and the social assistance rate runs to almost four times the median. Only vacancy is low.

Safety tells the opposite story. The number of reported offences stays well below the national middle, mainly because theft is rare here; only violence is slightly above the median. And the housing stock has stood still: not a single home in Hooiland dates from after 2000.

no. 8,588 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 34 of 37 in Oost Gelre

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Is Hooiland a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Hooiland comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Hooiland is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.

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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

15.2 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.0 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.5 per 1,000

Property crime

3.3 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 28 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

1.0 km

GP practice

0.9 km

Train station

3.7 km

Restaurant

0.8 km

Hospital

7.3 km

Café

1.0 km

Library

1.4 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

€ 272,000

Welfare recipients

30.5 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

47%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

58%

Social housing

40%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

94%

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

4,148 inw/km²

Noise level

51 dB

Green surroundings

47%

Trees nearby

12%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

893

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.9 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

29%

Childcare

1.0 km

Secondary school

1.5 km

Residents under 15

12%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

0–1512%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4520%
NL median 22%
45–6528%
NL median 28%
65+27%
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
32% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
29% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,148 — 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 Hooiland a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Hooiland comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Hooiland 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 Hooiland?

In Hooiland the police recorded 28 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 Hooiland calculated?

Hooiland 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 Hooiland 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.