neighbourhood in Maashorst

Hoenderbos-Velmolen

5,015 residents · postal code 5406 · Part of Uden, Maashorst

Top 17% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, and little room

Hoenderbos-Velmolen was largely built after the turn of the century, and you see that back in who lives there: almost every second household has children and a good fifth of residents are not yet fifteen, while few older people live there. The families figure of 9.2 is therefore what it appears to be here — in many neighbourhoods with a figure like that it comes purely from short distances to school, here it also comes from the children themselves.

The amenities figure lags behind at a 5.6, and that is not because the daily things are far away. The railway station is almost seventeen kilometres away; of all the distances that count, that is the one that breaks the figure.

The weakest pillar is quiet. The noise level lies above the Dutch median and there is less greenery and tree canopy in the surroundings than is usual nationally. New-build and greenery do not go together automatically here.

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no. 3 of 38 in Maashorst

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Is Hoenderbos-Velmolen a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Hoenderbos-Velmolen comes out at 20 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

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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

19.8 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.3 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.5 per 1,000

Property crime

5.4 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.4 per 1,000

In 2025, 126 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

1.0 km

Train station

16.9 km

Restaurant

1.6 km

Hospital

4.3 km

Café

1.8 km

Library

2.2 km

Motorway ramp

0.8 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

€ 493,000

Welfare recipients

12.0 per 1,000

High incomes

28%

Low incomes

31%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

69%

Social housing

20%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

85%

Built after 2000

60%

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

3,720 inw/km²

Noise level

56 dB

Green surroundings

43%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

899

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

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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

48%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

2.9 km

Residents under 15

21%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Hoenderbos-Velmolen has strikingly few residents aged 65 and over: 9%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1521%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4530%
NL median 22%
45–6529%
NL median 28%
65+9%
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
2.5 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
26% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
48% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,720 — 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 Hoenderbos-Velmolen a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Hoenderbos-Velmolen comes out at 20 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Hoenderbos-Velmolen?

In Hoenderbos-Velmolen the police recorded 126 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (20 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 Hoenderbos-Velmolen calculated?

Hoenderbos-Velmolen 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 Hoenderbos-Velmolen 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.