neighbourhood in Soest
De Eng
3,055 residents · postal code 3764 · Part of de Eng-Soest-Midden, Soest
Everything close by, little to spend
De Eng has plenty of greenery close by, tree canopy well above the national median and a noise level far below it — a 7.8 for quiet & nature that you would not expect in a neighbourhood within walking distance of the station.
Set against that is the weakest pillar. Wealth & income comes out at a 3.2 and every component points the same way: property values far below the national median, the share of high incomes below it, the share of low incomes above it, the social assistance rate at more than four times the middle and vacancy above the median.
The crime picture is mixed: burglary and vandalism are above the national median, violence and theft below, and the total stays under the national middle. That is how the 6.3 for safety arises. With an 8.6 for amenities, accessibility is clearly no problem here — affordable living and well-connected living coincide in this neighbourhood.
- no. 5,453 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 20 of 26 in Soest
How De Eng scores
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Is De Eng a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Eng comes out at 20 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer 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.
In 2025, 75 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
De Eng has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 29%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–2512%
NL median 11%
- 25–4529%
NL median 22%
- 45–6525%
NL median 28%
- 65+19%
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
47% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
31% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,010 — 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 De Eng a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Eng comes out at 20 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 De Eng?
In De Eng the police recorded 75 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (20 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 De Eng calculated?
De Eng scores 6.9 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 De Eng 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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Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Soest.
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