neighbourhood in Soest

Soesterberg Oost

3,325 residents · postal code 3769 · Part of Soesterberg, Soest

Top 11% in the Netherlands

Safe, but everything is a drive away

Soesterberg Oost scores 9.2 overall and at the same time 5.3 for amenities, and that gap comes almost entirely from one distance: the railway station is more than six kilometres away, and that component counts for nearly a sixth of the pillar. The supermarket calls for a drive too. Anyone living here who commutes daily notices that first.

The quiet & nature pillar shows how differently its components can turn out. Greenery around the neighbourhood, and the tree canopy above all, are well above the national middle — that canopy is close to three times the median — but the noise level is clearly above it. Woodland and traffic noise together, and the score ends up in the middle as a result.

The crime figures are calm: violence and theft are far below the national median, burglary and vandalism just below it. That is the quietest side of this neighbourhood, and it does not sit in the quiet & nature pillar.

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no. 4 of 26 in Soest

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Is Soesterberg Oost a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Soesterberg Oost comes out at 19 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.

Total crime

18.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.5 per 1,000

Property crime

6.1 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.9 per 1,000

In 2025, 79 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.

Supermarket

1.6 km

GP practice

1.3 km

Train station

6.4 km

Restaurant

1.1 km

Hospital

6.5 km

Café

1.4 km

Library

1.7 km

Motorway ramp

0.8 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

€ 492,000

Welfare recipients

3.0 per 1,000

High incomes

29%

Low incomes

29%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

79%

Social housing

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

94%

Built after 2000

26%

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

2,106 inw/km²

Noise level

56 dB

Green surroundings

64%

Trees nearby

24%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

773

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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The figures ⌄

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

46%

Childcare

0.7 km

Secondary school

5.3 km

Residents under 15

19%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Soesterberg Oost has strikingly many children under 15: 19%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1519%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4528%
NL median 22%
45–6526%
NL median 28%
65+17%
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
2.5 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
21% — far fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
46% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,106 — 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 Soesterberg Oost a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Soesterberg Oost comes out at 19 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 Soesterberg Oost?

In Soesterberg Oost the police recorded 79 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (19 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 Soesterberg Oost calculated?

Soesterberg Oost scores 9.2 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 Soesterberg Oost 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.