The districts of Het Hogeland

Het Hogeland has 48,175 residents (2026), spread across 15 districts and 65 neighbourhoods.

Bottom 47% of the Netherlands

Safe streets, thinner wallets

Het Hogeland averages 6.0, which puts the municipality above 46% of Dutch neighbourhoods. Safety lifts that grade with 7.5; wealth and income hold it back at 4.0. The highest neighbourhood grades sit in Winsum Noord - Oost (9.7), the lowest in Westernieland (2.5). That is 7.2 points of difference inside one municipality.

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residents: 48,175
districts: 15
neighbourhoods: 65
km² of land: 477

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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

20.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.7 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.5 per 1,000

Property crime

6.0 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.3 per 1,000

In 2025, 1,134 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

1.3 km

Train station

3.4 km

Restaurant

1.1 km

Hospital

19.7 km

Café

2.3 km

Library

3.2 km

Motorway ramp

0.9 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

€ 287,165

Welfare recipients

22.3 per 1,000

High incomes

13%

Low incomes

43%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

68%

Social housing

24%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

90%

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

1,698 inw/km²

Noise level

47 dB

Green surroundings

58%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

430

Fine particles (PM2.5)

6.0 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

0.9 km

Households with children

32%

Childcare

0.9 km

Secondary school

4.4 km

Residents under 15

15%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Het Hogeland looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1515%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4520%
NL median 22%
45–6528%
NL median 28%
65+26%
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
36% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
31% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,698 — 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. Average of the neighbourhoods in Het Hogeland, weighted by population.