neighbourhood in Haarlemmermeer
Nieuw-Vennep West
2,850 residents · postal code 2151 · Part of Nieuw-Vennep, Haarlemmermeer
Everything close by, little space
What produces the safety score of 4.6 in Nieuw-Vennep West is not violence. That stays just below the national median. It is burglary, reported twice as often as nationally, and property crime, which sits well above it. That is a different kind of insecurity from what the word suggests: things disappear here, but this is not a neighbourhood where you would rather stay indoors at night.
The population is older than the families score of 7.0 suggests. Almost a third of residents are 65 or over; that 7.0 leans on short distances to school and amenities, not on the number of children. The wealth & income pillar of 6.6 is not equally strong throughout: property value is above the Dutch middle and the social assistance rate far below it, but the share of households with a low income sits exactly on the median. Quiet & nature is the weak point at 4.4 — no surprise given this density and this noise level.
- no. 5,898 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 42 of 93 in Haarlemmermeer
How Nieuw-Vennep West scores
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Is Nieuw-Vennep West a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Nieuw-Vennep West comes out at 28 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more 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, 113 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
Nieuw-Vennep West has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 31%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4520%
NL median 22%
- 45–6524%
NL median 28%
- 65+31%
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
38% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
33% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,677 — 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 West a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Nieuw-Vennep West comes out at 28 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. One caveat: the figure counts per person present, not per resident. In a neighbourhood with many visitors — a centre, a station, a shopping area — it therefore comes out higher than residents experience. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Nieuw-Vennep West?
In Nieuw-Vennep West the police recorded 113 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (28 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 West calculated?
Nieuw-Vennep West scores 6.6 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 West 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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