neighbourhood in Haarlemmermeer
Nieuw-Vennep Welgelegen
2,070 residents · postal code 2152 · Part of Nieuw-Vennep, Haarlemmermeer
Everything close by, little space
Rarely does a neighbourhood sit as precisely on the Dutch average as Nieuw-Vennep Welgelegen does on crime: violence, burglary, property crime and vandalism all deviate barely at all from the national median. The safety score of 6.2 is therefore not a verdict but an observation — this is the norm.
The downward outlier is quiet & nature, at 3.7. That does not come from the density, which is moderate for a village extension, but from the surroundings: under a third of the immediate area is green against more than half nationally, and ambient noise is almost four decibels above the median.
Amenities reach 8.6 because everything is within a kilometre, station included. That combination — access without greenery — is what marks the neighbourhood out and explains the overall score of 7.4.
- no. 4,508 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 33 of 93 in Haarlemmermeer
How Nieuw-Vennep Welgelegen scores
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Is Nieuw-Vennep Welgelegen a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Nieuw-Vennep Welgelegen comes out at 21 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, 58 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 Nieuw-Vennep Welgelegen looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1512%
NL median 14%
- 15–2512%
NL median 11%
- 25–4527%
NL median 22%
- 45–6526%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
38% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
31% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,107 — 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 Nieuw-Vennep Welgelegen a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Nieuw-Vennep Welgelegen comes out at 21 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 Nieuw-Vennep Welgelegen?
In Nieuw-Vennep Welgelegen the police recorded 58 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (21 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 Nieuw-Vennep Welgelegen calculated?
Nieuw-Vennep Welgelegen scores 7.4 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 Nieuw-Vennep Welgelegen 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 Haarlemmermeer.
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