neighbourhood in Ede
De Velden en Beken
2,290 residents · postal code 6715 · Part of Ede-Veldhuizen, Ede
Everything for children close by, thinner wallets
Two pillars that both turn on distance and yet come out opposite: that is the pattern in De Velden en Beken. The primary school is a few hundred metres away and lifts the families pillar to 8.9, while the supermarket and GP are both almost two kilometres off and keep the amenities pillar below five. For a family with young children this is a neighbourhood where the school run is on foot and the shopping is not.
Among the offences the total is below the national median, but burglary runs more than three times above it and vandalism more than twice. Violence stays below the middle. The wealth & income pillar is held down mainly by the rate of social assistance, almost four times the national figure, and property values that stay under the median.
- no. 9,566 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 52 of 66 in Ede
How De Velden en Beken scores
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Is De Velden en Beken a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Velden en Beken comes out at 22 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 56 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 De Velden en Beken looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–2513%
NL median 11%
- 25–4522%
NL median 22%
- 45–6524%
NL median 28%
- 65+25%
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
34% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
34% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,433 — around the 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 Velden en Beken a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Velden en Beken comes out at 22 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in De Velden en Beken?
In De Velden en Beken the police recorded 56 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (22 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 Velden en Beken calculated?
De Velden en Beken scores 4.5 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 Velden en Beken 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.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Ede
Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Ede.