neighbourhood in Middelburg (Z.)
Veersepoort
1,810 residents · postal code 4332 · Part of Veersepoort, Middelburg (Z.)
Spacious and quiet, but not set up for children
Veersepoort scores around or above the national median on four of the five pillars, and drops on one: families, at 3.9. That is not a quirk of the measurement. The primary school is more than one and a half kilometres away, and school distance is the heaviest component of that pillar; on top of that the share of children is small and almost four in ten residents are 65 or over.
Quiet it certainly is, at 7.7. The noise level is below the national median, there is more greenery around than usual and the built-up area is not dense.
The crime figures show two sides. Violence and vandalism occur less often than nationally, but theft and burglary more often; burglary at more than double the median. That is where safety stops, at 6.1.
- no. 5,004 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 23 of 52 in Middelburg (Z.)
How Veersepoort scores
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Is Veersepoort a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Veersepoort comes out at 22 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, 43 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
Veersepoort has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 39%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1512%
NL median 14%
- 15–258%
NL median 11%
- 25–4515%
NL median 22%
- 45–6526%
NL median 28%
- 65+39%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
34% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
25% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,093 — 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 Veersepoort a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Veersepoort comes out at 22 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 Veersepoort?
In Veersepoort the police recorded 43 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (22 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 Veersepoort calculated?
Veersepoort scores 7.1 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 Veersepoort 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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