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Kloosterveste

900 residents · postal code 9408 · Part of Kloosterveen, Assen

Bottom 28% in the Netherlands

How we calculate

Kloosterveste is an urban residential neighbourhood in Assen with 900 residents. On the national yardstick its total score is 4.5. The profile is pronounced: amenities scores 8.2, while safety lags at 4.5. For families it stands at 6.0.

  • no. 9,524 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
  • no. 54 of 90 in Assen

How Kloosterveste scores

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The figures

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
Total crime
34.7 per 1,000
Violent crime
4.4 per 1,000
Burglaries
0.2 per 1,000
Property crime
11.4 per 1,000
Vandalism
5.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 44 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.
Supermarket
0.2 km
GP practice
0.3 km
Train station
6.0 km
Restaurant
0.3 km
Hospital
4.5 km
Café
3.6 km
Library
4.4 km
Motorway ramp
1.6 km

Tick = Dutch median

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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.
Property value
€ 309,000
Welfare recipients
11.1 per 1,000
High incomes
19%
Low incomes
36%
Vacancy
4%
Owner-occupied
53%
Social housing
19%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes
52%
Built after 2000
100%

Tick = Dutch median

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The figures

Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Population density
6,747 inw/km²
Noise level
51 dB
Green surroundings
34%
Trees nearby
4%
Water share
7%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²
1,180
Fine particles (PM2.5)
6.7 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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The figures

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
31%
Childcare
0.5 km
Secondary school
3.4 km
Residents under 15
13%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Kloosterveste has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 29%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

  • 0–1513%

    NL median 14%

  • 15–258%

    NL median 11%

  • 25–4529%

    NL median 22%

  • 45–6520%

    NL median 28%

  • 65+29%

    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

    2.0smaller than average

    NL median 2.3

  • Single-person households

    38%more than average

    NL median 31%

  • Households with children

    31%fewer than average

    NL median 35%

  • Residents per km²

    6,747far 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

How is the grade for Kloosterveste calculated?

Kloosterveste scores 4.5 as its total score. That grade is a national position: we weigh four equally heavy scores — safety, amenities, wealth & income and quiet & nature — and see where Kloosterveste lands among every neighbourhood in the Netherlands. So it is not the mean of the four grades, but a place in the queue. All from open data published by CBS and the police.

Is Kloosterveste a safe neighbourhood?

Kloosterveste scores 4.5 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (34.7 per year). The national median is around 24.1.

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Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Assen.

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