neighbourhood in Soest

De Zoom

5,525 residents · postal code 3766 · Part of Overhees, Soest

Top 9% in the Netherlands

Plenty of space, less prosperity

The tree canopy in De Zoom covers well over forty per cent of the surroundings, almost five times as much as in the average Dutch neighbourhood. Together with plenty of greenery, little noise and a low resident density that yields a 9.7 for quiet — a figure few neighbourhoods reach.

What lags behind is the wealth, at a 5.8. That is not a matter of poverty: the social assistance density lies only slightly above the national level, the income distribution barely deviates and virtually nothing stands vacant. The property value lies just below the national middle, and that is the heaviest component of that pillar. Almost three in ten residents here are 65 or older, well above the national picture — which makes the short distance to the primary school a figure without practical meaning for many households here.

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no. 3 of 26 in Soest

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Is De Zoom a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, De Zoom comes out at 16 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: De Zoom 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

16.3 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.9 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.0 per 1,000

Property crime

4.8 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 107 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

0.7 km

GP practice

0.8 km

Train station

2.3 km

Restaurant

0.7 km

Hospital

6.5 km

Café

2.4 km

Library

0.7 km

Motorway ramp

2.5 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

€ 413,000

Welfare recipients

10.9 per 1,000

High incomes

17%

Low incomes

37%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

62%

Social housing

22%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

81%

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

1,333 inw/km²

Noise level

47 dB

Green surroundings

85%

Trees nearby

41%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,873

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.4 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

0.5 km

Households with children

35%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

3.9 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

De Zoom has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 28%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4521%
NL median 22%
45–6526%
NL median 28%
65+28%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
33% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
35% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,333 — far less 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 Zoom a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, De Zoom comes out at 16 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: De Zoom 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 De Zoom?

In De Zoom the police recorded 107 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (16 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 Zoom calculated?

De Zoom scores 9.4 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 Zoom 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.