neighbourhood in Wageningen
De Hooilanden
2,160 residents · postal code 6708 · Part of Noordwest, Wageningen
Safe streets, thinner wallets
Almost half the households in De Hooilanden consist of one person and only one in nine residents is under fifteen. Even so, families scores 7.2, and it is the school four hundred metres away carrying that — the share of children matters far less in that pillar than the name suggests.
The 8.9 for safety rests on a crime total at roughly half the national median, with theft at not even a third of the national level. Only burglary sits slightly above it.
The 7.5 for quiet & nature comes from a noise level a good three decibels below the middle and a substantial share of water, despite almost seven thousand residents to the square kilometre.
The station is nearly eight kilometres away and that pushes the amenities pillar down to 6.6, while the supermarket and the school are round the corner. Anyone living here without a car notices that gap every time they want to leave town.
- no. 1,886 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 8 of 33 in Wageningen
How De Hooilanden scores
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Is De Hooilanden a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Hooilanden comes out at 12 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: De Hooilanden is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 24 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 Hooilanden has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 20%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1511%
NL median 14%
- 15–2520%
NL median 11%
- 25–4525%
NL median 22%
- 45–6527%
NL median 28%
- 65+16%
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
1.9 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
49% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
24% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,842 — 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 Hooilanden a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Hooilanden comes out at 12 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: De Hooilanden 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 Hooilanden?
In De Hooilanden the police recorded 24 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (12 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 Hooilanden calculated?
De Hooilanden scores 8.9 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 Hooilanden 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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