neighbourhood in Woensdrecht

Hoogerheide

5,980 residents · postal code 4631 · Part of Hoogerheide en Woensdrecht, Woensdrecht

Bottom 42% in the Netherlands

Plenty of space, less prosperity

Hoogerheide's safety score, a 5.6, sits poorly with the total number of crime registrations, because that stays below the national middle. The distribution explains it: residential burglary and violence both stand out, and together those two carry almost sixty per cent of the pillar. Property crime, which elsewhere makes the high figures, lags far behind here. Anyone going only by the total reads this neighbourhood exactly the wrong way round.

Set against that score is a 7.8 for quiet & nature, and that does not come from silence alone: the noise level stays below the Dutch line and there are more trees around the homes than in the average neighbourhood. The real weak point is wealth, with a 4.1. Property value is considerably below the Dutch average and social assistance use comes out at a good double; the income distribution itself deviates only slightly.

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no. 10 of 15 in Woensdrecht

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Is Hoogerheide a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Hoogerheide comes out at 21 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

21.0 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.5 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.2 per 1,000

Property crime

5.1 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.4 per 1,000

In 2025, 155 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

0.8 km

GP practice

0.9 km

Train station

8.8 km

Restaurant

0.4 km

Hospital

4.1 km

Café

0.7 km

Library

0.8 km

Motorway ramp

1.0 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

€ 339,000

Welfare recipients

16.7 per 1,000

High incomes

16%

Low incomes

41%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

61%

Social housing

28%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

83%

Built after 2000

14%

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

3,129 inw/km²

Noise level

49 dB

Green surroundings

66%

Trees nearby

16%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,102

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.3 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

0.7 km

Households with children

30%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

3.7 km

Residents under 15

13%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Hoogerheide has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 30%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1513%
NL median 14%
15–259%
NL median 11%
25–4521%
NL median 22%
45–6527%
NL median 28%
65+30%
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
34% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
30% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,129 — 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 Hoogerheide a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Hoogerheide comes out at 21 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 Hoogerheide?

In Hoogerheide the police recorded 155 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (21 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 Hoogerheide calculated?

Hoogerheide scores 5.6 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 Hoogerheide 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.