neighbourhood in Zutphen

De Hoven

2,285 residents · postal code 7205 · Part of Centrum - De Hoven, Zutphen

Top 12% in the Netherlands

Safe streets, thinner wallets

Five hundred residents per square kilometre, plenty of greenery within walking distance and yet a station one and a half kilometres away: De Hoven in Zutphen has the setting of a village and the amenity level of a city edge. That is where the 9.1 overall score comes from.

The safety pillar is nearly empty. Violence, burglary, property crime and vandalism all stay below the national middle, burglary at close to zero. With just over two thousand residents the counts per type are small, but the picture is the same across every type, which makes it hard to put down to chance.

Wealth & income lags at 4.5, and that comes from the property value: it is below the national median while social assistance and vacancy are not exceptional. The tree canopy is strikingly thin for a neighbourhood with this much green — this is grass and water, not woodland.

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no. 5 of 31 in Zutphen

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Is De Hoven a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, De Hoven comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: De Hoven is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.

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Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

15.4 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.3 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.1 per 1,000

Property crime

3.5 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.2 per 1,000

In 2025, 40 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

1.5 km

GP practice

0.6 km

Train station

1.6 km

Restaurant

0.7 km

Hospital

5.2 km

Café

0.6 km

Library

1.6 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

13.1 per 1,000

High incomes

17%

Low incomes

41%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

69%

Social housing

29%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

88%

Built after 2000

22%

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

496 inw/km²

Noise level

53 dB

Green surroundings

70%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

790

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.7 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

34%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

1.8 km

Residents under 15

11%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

De Hoven has strikingly many residents aged 45 to 65: 37%, against 28% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1511%
NL median 14%
15–2514%
NL median 11%
25–4516%
NL median 22%
45–6537%
NL median 28%
65+21%
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
33% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
34% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
496 — far less 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 Hoven a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, De Hoven comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: De Hoven 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 Hoven?

In De Hoven the police recorded 40 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (15 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 Hoven calculated?

De Hoven scores 9.1 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 De Hoven 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.