neighbourhood in Houten

Muren

2,115 residents · postal code 3991 · Part of Houten Zuid-West, Houten

Top 18% in the Netherlands

Well-off, and well out of town

Muren was built entirely after the turn of the century, and it shows in everything: a property value well above the national median, many households in the top income group, little social assistance and hardly any vacancy. The 9.5 for wealth & income rests on every component at once.

The flip side is amenities, at 3.9. The primary school is around the corner, but supermarket, GP and restaurant are all more than three kilometres away. For a neighbourhood with this income profile that is unusual, and it means the daily shop here is a drive.

For families that same nearby school, combined with many households with children, produces a 9.1. Hence the curious picture of a place organised around children and around the car at the same time: school around the corner, everything after that far away.

no. 2,327 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 22 of 48 in Houten

Compare with…View on the map

Do some of these matter more to you than others?

Is Muren a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Muren comes out at 8 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Muren is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.

The figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

8.4 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.7 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.7 per 1,000

Property crime

2.3 per 1,000

Vandalism

0.4 per 1,000

In 2025, 12 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

The safest neighbourhoods in Houten →The most dangerous neighbourhoods in Houten →

The figures ⌄

Amenities

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

Supermarket

3.4 km

GP practice

3.0 km

Train station

2.6 km

Restaurant

3.0 km

Hospital

3.6 km

Café

3.2 km

Library

3.6 km

Motorway ramp

3.9 km

Tick = Dutch median

Best amenities in Houten →

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.

Property value

€ 577,000

Welfare recipients

4.7 per 1,000

High incomes

34%

Low incomes

31%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

85%

Social housing

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

78%

Built after 2000

100%

Tick = Dutch median

The most affluent neighbourhoods in Houten →

The figures ⌄

Quiet & nature

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

Population density

8,024 inw/km²

Noise level

53 dB

Green surroundings

50%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,407

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.9 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

The quietest, greenest neighbourhoods in Houten →

The figures ⌄

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

59%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

4.0 km

Residents under 15

20%

Tick = Dutch median

The best neighbourhoods for families in Houten →

Who lives here

Muren has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 17%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1520%
NL median 14%
15–2517%
NL median 11%
25–4523%
NL median 22%
45–6530%
NL median 28%
65+10%
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
2.8 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
18% — far fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
59% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
8,024 — 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 Muren a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Muren comes out at 8 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Muren is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Muren?

In Muren the police recorded 12 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (8 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 Muren calculated?

Muren scores 8.7 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 Muren 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.