neighbourhood in Barneveld

Veller

4,425 residents · postal code 3772 · Part of Barneveld, Barneveld

Top 3% in the Netherlands

Safe, but everything is a drive away

Veller was built almost entirely after 2000 and it shows in the population: a third of residents are under fifteen and fewer than three per cent are 65 or older. A structure like that is rare in the Netherlands.

The safety score stands at 10.0, with a burglary rate close to zero and violence at less than a third of the national level. Only amenities lag behind, at a 6.0: the GP and a restaurant are two kilometres away and the supermarket just over one. The railway station, which is close by, does not make up for it.

The primary school is 1.4 kilometres away, and yet the families pillar scores an 8.8. That figure therefore comes from the other side of the pillar: the share of households with children here is almost double the usual level.

no. 265 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 2 of 45 in Barneveld

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Is Veller a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Veller comes out at 8 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Veller 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.

Total crime

8.4 per 1,000

Violent crime

0.7 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.1 per 1,000

Property crime

2.8 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.2 per 1,000

In 2025, 37 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

1.2 km

GP practice

2.0 km

Train station

0.7 km

Restaurant

2.2 km

Hospital

2.0 km

Café

2.1 km

Library

2.6 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

€ 464,000

Welfare recipients

4.5 per 1,000

High incomes

26%

Low incomes

31%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

67%

Social housing

10%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

84%

Built after 2000

99%

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

4,143 inw/km²

Noise level

51 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

1,062

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.0 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

1.4 km

Households with children

63%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

1.1 km

Residents under 15

34%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Veller has strikingly many children under 15: 34%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1534%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4538%
NL median 22%
45–6515%
NL median 28%
65+3%
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
3.2 — far larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
18% — far fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
63% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,143 — 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 Veller a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Veller comes out at 8 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Veller 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 Veller?

In Veller the police recorded 37 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (8 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 Veller calculated?

Veller 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 Veller 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.