neighbourhood in Meppel
Veldenbuurt
2,005 residents · postal code 7943 · Part of Oosterboer, Meppel
Safe, but not spacious
Few extremes, and for Veldenbuurt that is the point: four of the five pillars sit between 5.3 and 8.0, and the overall score comes out at 7.3. Reported offences are well below the national median, with violence and theft both low — only burglaries are above it.
The wealth & income pillar stays at 5.6 while most of its components come out favourably: the rate of social assistance is below the national median, the share of high-income households sits exactly on it, the low-income share below. What remains is the property value, some ninety thousand under the national median, and within this pillar that weighs heaviest.
The 5.3 for quiet & nature follows from the built-up density and from greenery just under the national median; the tree canopy here is in fact thicker than average.
- no. 4,680 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 9 of 36 in Meppel
How Veldenbuurt scores
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Is Veldenbuurt a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Veldenbuurt comes out at 17 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 37 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
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The figures ⌄Amenities
Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Tick = Dutch median
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.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Quiet & nature
How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
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 figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Tick = Dutch median
Who lives here
Veldenbuurt has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 29%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1512%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4520%
NL median 22%
- 45–6528%
NL median 28%
- 65+29%
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
30% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,584 — 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 Veldenbuurt a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Veldenbuurt comes out at 17 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 Veldenbuurt?
In Veldenbuurt the police recorded 37 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 Veldenbuurt calculated?
Veldenbuurt scores 7.3 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 Veldenbuurt 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.
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