neighbourhood in Emmen
Veenoord
2,120 residents · postal code 7844 · Part of Veenoord, Emmen
Plenty of space, less prosperity
On every component of the wealth & income pillar Veenoord scores unfavourably: property value far below the national median, the share of high incomes at less than half the national median, the share of low incomes well above it, social assistance a multiple, and vacancy higher than average too. A 2.7 with no mitigating circumstance.
Against that stands the space. With more than eight hundred residents per square kilometre, a sound level below the national median and a tree canopy just above it, the quiet & nature pillar comes out at 7.3. The green within three hundred metres does stay slightly below the national median.
The 5.2 for families sits between the two. Relatively many households with children live here, but the primary school is almost a kilometre away, and in this pillar that distance weighs more than the number of children.
- no. 10,031 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 33 of 75 in Emmen
How Veenoord scores
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Is Veenoord a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Veenoord comes out at 18 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 41 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 Veenoord looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1513%
NL median 14%
- 15–2512%
NL median 11%
- 25–4522%
NL median 22%
- 45–6528%
NL median 28%
- 65+24%
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
32% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
34% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
804 — far 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.
Frequently asked questions
Is Veenoord a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Veenoord comes out at 18 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Veenoord?
In Veenoord the police recorded 41 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (18 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 Veenoord calculated?
Veenoord scores 4.2 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 Veenoord 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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Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Emmen.
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