neighbourhood in Heusden

Venne-West

5,445 residents · postal code 5152 · Part of Drunen, Heusden

Top 10% in the Netherlands

Room to spare, amenities further off

Quiet is a measurable fact in Venne-West. The noise level is clearly below the national median, and together with plenty of greenery and tree canopy around the neighbourhood that produces a 9.6 for quiet & nature. That is the highest figure in this neighbourhood and the main reason the overall score comes out at 9.3.

Set against that is a practical drawback you do not notice on the daily shopping run. The supermarket and the primary school are just around the corner, but the nearest railway station is fourteen kilometres away, and station distance is the heaviest component of the amenities pillar after the supermarket and the GP. Anyone living here without a car notices that straight away.

The safety figure of 8.2 rests on three of the four crime types staying below the Dutch level. Only burglary is a fraction above it, and in a neighbourhood of this size that difference means a handful more reported offences.

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Is Venne-West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Venne-West comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Venne-West 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

15.0 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.5 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.8 per 1,000

Property crime

6.3 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.1 per 1,000

In 2025, 98 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

0.7 km

GP practice

1.3 km

Train station

14.0 km

Restaurant

1.2 km

Hospital

2.3 km

Café

0.9 km

Library

1.2 km

Motorway ramp

1.7 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

€ 431,000

Welfare recipients

12.9 per 1,000

High incomes

21%

Low incomes

36%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

69%

Social housing

28%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

78%

Built after 2000

21%

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

1,513 inw/km²

Noise level

45 dB

Green surroundings

62%

Trees nearby

19%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,541

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.6 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

0.6 km

Households with children

34%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

2.0 km

Residents under 15

13%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

0–1513%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4521%
NL median 22%
45–6531%
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
31% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
34% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,513 — 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-West a safe neighbourhood?

How much crime is there in Venne-West?

In Venne-West the police recorded 98 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (15 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-West calculated?

Venne-West scores 9.3 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-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.