neighbourhood in Zeist
Hoge Dennen
3,560 residents · postal code 3708 · Part of Zeist-Oost, Zeist
Safe, and nowhere really weak
Hoge Dennen owes its 9.8 to a rare combination: tree canopy within three hundred metres runs at more than five times the national median, traffic noise is below the Dutch middle, and at the same time shop, GP and school are all within a kilometre. Greenery and access do not exclude each other here.
On safety there is one exception worth noting. Violence, theft and vandalism all sit far below the median, but burglary is three times above it. In a neighbourhood of expensive homes with trees at the door, that is a pattern the rest of the score does not reveal.
Vacancy stands out too: it is well above the national middle, while the wealth & income pillar is strong on every other component. Almost four in ten residents are 65 or over.
- no. 336 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 3 of 33 in Zeist
How Hoge Dennen scores
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Is Hoge Dennen a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Hoge Dennen comes out at 13 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Hoge Dennen 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, 58 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
Hoge Dennen has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 39%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1516%
NL median 14%
- 15–258%
NL median 11%
- 25–4510%
NL median 22%
- 45–6527%
NL median 28%
- 65+39%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
43% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
30% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,944 — 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 Hoge Dennen a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Hoge Dennen comes out at 13 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Hoge Dennen 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 Hoge Dennen?
In Hoge Dennen the police recorded 58 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (13 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 Hoge Dennen calculated?
Hoge Dennen scores 9.8 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 Hoge Dennen 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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