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Mossen

2,420 residents · postal code 3994 · Part of Houten Zuid-Oost, Houten

  • no. 778 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 12 of 48 in Houten

Scores per pillar

Everything in Mossen, a corner of Houten Zuid-Oost, went up after the millennium — all of it post-2000 build. Nearly half the households have children and the place skews young, with just 14 per cent over 65. Housing scores a 9.3 and safety a 9.6. Amenities are the catch: the nearest supermarket is 3.5 kilometres away, which drags provision down to a thin 5.3.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
3.5 km
General practitioner
2.9 km
Primary school
0.4 km
Secondary school
2.7 km
Childcare
0.3 km
Train station
2.5 km
Hospital
2.8 km
Restaurant
3.6 km
Café
2.6 km
Library
4.5 km

Safety

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

Total crimes
10.5
Violent crimes
1.1
Burglaries
0.1

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 562,000
Owner-occupied
71%
Single-family homes
77%
Built after 2000
100%
Income per resident

Who lives here

0–15 18%15–25 16%25–45 20%45–65 32%65+ 14%
Average household size
2.5
Households with children
47%
Single-person households
25%
Residents per km²
8,172

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Mossen calculated?

Mossen scores 9.6 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 Mossen a safe neighbourhood?

Mossen scores 9.6 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (10.5 per year). The national median is around 24.1.