neighbourhood in Waalwijk

De Hoef

1,965 residents · postal code 5142 · Part of Waalwijk, Waalwijk

Bottom 46% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, thinner wallets

Seventeen kilometres to the nearest railway station and more than two to the GP, while the primary school is three hundred metres away: De Hoef in Waalwijk is markedly on its own for everything further afield. That explains the 5.4 for amenities alongside an 8.5 for families — those two pillars measure very different distances.

Something else stands out in the crime figures. The total is below the national median and violence is not even half of it, but burglary is more than twice the middle and vandalism double. The wealth pillar stays at 4.3 through a property value far below the Dutch median and a social assistance rate almost four times above it; vacancy, by contrast, is barely present here.

no. 7,175 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 9 of 20 in Waalwijk

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Is De Hoef a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, De Hoef 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.

Total crime

20.1 per 1,000

Violent crime

0.9 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.5 per 1,000

Property crime

5.7 per 1,000

Vandalism

4.6 per 1,000

In 2025, 43 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

0.9 km

GP practice

2.3 km

Train station

17.4 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

3.5 km

Café

1.3 km

Library

2.2 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

€ 332,000

Welfare recipients

30.5 per 1,000

High incomes

14%

Low incomes

40%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

57%

Social housing

42%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

80%

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

5,937 inw/km²

Noise level

51 dB

Green surroundings

57%

Trees nearby

13%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,074

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.0 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

0.9 km

Secondary school

0.6 km

Residents under 15

14%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4525%
NL median 22%
45–6532%
NL median 28%
65+18%
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
37% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
33% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,937 — 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 De Hoef a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, De Hoef 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 Hoef?

In De Hoef the police recorded 43 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 Hoef calculated?

De Hoef scores 5.9 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 Hoef 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.