neighbourhood in De Ronde Venen
Molenland
3,070 residents · postal code 3642 · Part of Mijdrecht, De Ronde Venen
Safe, but not spacious
With a 9.9 for safety, Molenland is among the three hundred safest neighbourhoods in the Netherlands. All four types of offence are far below the national median, and that is a broader foundation than a single low outlier.
The price shows in the amenities pillar, which gets stuck at a 5.7. The primary school is close by, but the supermarket is more than a kilometre away and the station at a distance that rules out daily commuting without a car. Anyone moving here takes the car along with it.
The 8.9 for families leans on that same short school distance and on four in ten households having children. Quiet & nature stays moderate at a 5.6: there is more greenery than is usual nationally, but tree canopy is below the median and the noise level exactly on it. A village without crime is not automatically a village in the calm.
- no. 998 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 3 of 24 in De Ronde Venen
How Molenland scores
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Is Molenland a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Molenland comes out at 11 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Molenland 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, 35 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
The age profile of Molenland looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1516%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4522%
NL median 22%
- 45–6532%
NL median 28%
- 65+20%
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
2.4 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
28% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
40% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,800 — 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 Molenland a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Molenland comes out at 11 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Molenland 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 Molenland?
In Molenland the police recorded 35 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (11 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 Molenland calculated?
Molenland scores 9.4 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 Molenland 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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