neighbourhood in Heusden

Venne-Oost

6,200 residents · postal code 5151 · Part of Drunen, Heusden

Top 14% in the Netherlands

Plenty of space, less prosperity

Almost twenty decibels below the national median: that is how quiet it is in Venne-Oost, and that is where the 9.8 for quiet & nature comes from. The good six thousand residents are spread there over a large surface, so that the resident density is a fraction of the usual, and greenery and tree canopy both lie well above the Dutch picture.

That space has a price, and it is in the amenities figure of 6.0. Shop, GP and primary school are walkable there, but the nearest station is almost thirteen kilometres away, and after supermarket and GP the station weighs heaviest in that pillar. Wealth & income too lags behind, at a 5.3, while the property value hits exactly the national median: it is the incomes that push that figure down, with a social assistance level well above the middle and a wide bottom income group.

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no. 4 of 17 in Heusden

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Is Venne-Oost a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Venne-Oost comes out at 17 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Venne-Oost is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.

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Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

16.6 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.7 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.7 per 1,000

Property crime

4.5 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.1 per 1,000

In 2025, 129 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

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Amenities

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

Supermarket

0.9 km

GP practice

1.2 km

Train station

12.9 km

Restaurant

0.8 km

Hospital

1.6 km

Café

1.4 km

Library

0.9 km

Motorway ramp

2.7 km

Tick = Dutch median

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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.

Property value

€ 422,000

Welfare recipients

21.0 per 1,000

High incomes

17%

Low incomes

42%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

62%

Social housing

35%

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Single-family homes

95%

Built after 2000

Tick = Dutch median

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Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.

Population density

327 inw/km²

Noise level

32 dB

Green surroundings

67%

Trees nearby

30%

Water share

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Addresses per km²

1,530

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.4 µg/m³

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

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Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.

Primary school

0.8 km

Households with children

38%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

1.4 km

Residents under 15

17%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Venne-Oost looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1517%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4523%
NL median 22%
45–6527%
NL median 28%
65+22%
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
2.4 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
29% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
38% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
327 — 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 Venne-Oost a safe neighbourhood?

How much crime is there in Venne-Oost?

In Venne-Oost the police recorded 129 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (17 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 Venne-Oost calculated?

Venne-Oost scores 9.0 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 Venne-Oost 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.