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neighbourhood in Emmen

Veenoord

2,120 residents · postal code 7844 · Part of Veenoord, Emmen

  • no. 11,422 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 60 of 75 in Emmen
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Scores per pillar

Veenoord lies on the Verlengde Hoogeveense Vaart canal, grown together with neighbouring Nieuw-Amsterdam, with which it shares a station (1.2 kilometres). Life is spacious and calm — nature 7.5, safety 7.6 — but the Drenthe peat-colony economy presses through: a €252k average value and a 3.0 socio-economic score. Overall: 3.4.

Amenities nearby

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Large supermarket
1.0 km
General practitioner
1.1 km
Primary school
0.9 km
Secondary school
9.0 km
Childcare
0.5 km
Train station
1.2 km
Hospital
11.1 km
Restaurant
0.9 km
Café
1.0 km
Library
1.0 km

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year (residents plus business activity, see method). Small neighbourhoods are statistically smoothed.

Total crimes
18.0
Violent crimes
0.6
Burglaries
0.8

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 252,000
Owner-occupied
56%
Single-family homes
95%
Built after 2000
14%
Income per resident
–

Who lives here

0–15 13%15–25 12%25–45 22%45–65 28%65+ 24%
Average household size
2.2
Households with children
34%
Single-person households
32%
Residents per km²
804

Nearby neighbourhoods

Nieuw-Amsterdam-Centrum

Emmen

3.7

Verspreide huizen Nieuw-Amsterdam

Emmen

5.7

Zandpol

Emmen

3.2

Langs de Vaart

Emmen

4.4

Dalerveen

Coevorden

7.6

Beekweg

Emmen

4.0

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3.4

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De Fryske Marren

3.4

Hangerad en Oosterhofesch

Rijssen-Holten

3.4

Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Veenoord calculated?

Veenoord scores 3.4 overall. That is a weighted average of five pillars: safety, amenities, housing, social & income, and nature & quiet. Each pillar compares this neighbourhood with every other neighbourhood in the Netherlands, using open data from CBS and the police.

Is Veenoord a safe neighbourhood?

Veenoord scores 7.6 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (18.0 per year). The national median is around 24.1.