neighbourhood in Molenlanden

Kern-Dorp

2,700 residents · postal code 3381 · Part of Wijk04-Giessenburg, Molenlanden

Top 3% in the Netherlands

Safe streets, thinner wallets

All four types of offence in Kern-Dorp sit below the national middle: violence, burglary, property crime and criminal damage. That is rare, and it produces a 9.6 for safety. Even so the overall score does not go higher, and that is down to the pillar where this part of Giessenburg is precisely average.

Wealth & income stands at 6.1, and that figure is remarkably average on the inside: property value lands almost exactly on the Dutch median, the share of high incomes is identical to the national one, social assistance is just below it and the share of low incomes just above. No outlier, in any direction. The picture for quiet & nature differs from what the surroundings suggest: there is plenty of green in the immediate area, but fewer trees than in an average Dutch neighbourhood — the green map here counts mostly arable land and pasture, not tree canopy.

no. 283 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 1 of 81 in Molenlanden

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Is Kern-Dorp a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Kern-Dorp comes out at 10 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Kern-Dorp 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

10.3 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.6 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.3 per 1,000

Property crime

2.6 per 1,000

Vandalism

0.6 per 1,000

In 2025, 27 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

0.5 km

GP practice

0.6 km

Train station

3.8 km

Restaurant

0.4 km

Hospital

6.0 km

Café

0.5 km

Library

4.9 km

Motorway ramp

2.0 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

€ 419,000

Welfare recipients

7.4 per 1,000

High incomes

19%

Low incomes

40%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

77%

Social housing

19%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

89%

Built after 2000

10%

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

4,549 inw/km²

Noise level

49 dB

Green surroundings

73%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

439

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.6 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

0.4 km

Households with children

40%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

6.3 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Kern-Dorp looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4522%
NL median 22%
45–6528%
NL median 28%
65+23%
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
2.4 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
26% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
40% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,549 — 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 Kern-Dorp a safe neighbourhood?

How much crime is there in Kern-Dorp?

In Kern-Dorp the police recorded 27 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (10 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 Kern-Dorp calculated?

Kern-Dorp scores 9.8 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 Kern-Dorp 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.