neighbourhood in Vlaardingen

Hoogkamer

2,865 residents · postal code 3132 · Part of Westwijk, Vlaardingen

Bottom 35% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, thinner wallets

Hoogkamer produces two figures that rarely lie this far apart: a 9.6 for families and a 3.0 for safety. The first comes from the distances — school, supermarket and GP are all three four hundred metres away or less. The second is about violence, which here runs at almost three times the Dutch middle value, with vandalism at more than twice that level alongside. Property offences stay below it: no more disappears here than average, more happens.

Wealth and income stays at 3.0 and points the same way across its full width, with property value at sixty per cent of the national middle and a social assistance rate at more than five times it.

Quiet and nature does better than you would expect at this building density, at 7.2: noise is below the Dutch level and the tree canopy above it.

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no. 16 of 31 in Vlaardingen

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Is Hoogkamer a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Hoogkamer comes out at 36 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

35.5 per 1,000

Violent crime

6.5 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.3 per 1,000

Property crime

9.1 per 1,000

Vandalism

5.8 per 1,000

In 2025, 135 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

0.4 km

GP practice

0.4 km

Train station

8.3 km

Restaurant

0.4 km

Hospital

5.9 km

Café

0.7 km

Library

2.6 km

Motorway ramp

2.2 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

€ 244,000

Welfare recipients

41.9 per 1,000

High incomes

12%

Low incomes

42%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

48%

Social housing

38%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

19%

Built after 2000

10%

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

7,375 inw/km²

Noise level

51 dB

Green surroundings

54%

Trees nearby

14%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,947

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

0.3 km

Households with children

33%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

0.7 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Hoogkamer has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 33%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4533%
NL median 22%
45–6525%
NL median 28%
65+14%
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
43% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
33% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
7,375 — 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 Hoogkamer a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Hoogkamer comes out at 36 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 Hoogkamer?

In Hoogkamer the police recorded 135 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (36 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 Hoogkamer calculated?

Hoogkamer 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 Hoogkamer 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.