neighbourhood in Molenlanden

Nieuw-Lekkerland-Dorp

4,865 residents · postal code 2957 · Part of Wijk12-Nieuw-Lekkerland, Molenlanden

Top 23% in the Netherlands

Safe, but not spacious

The noise level here lies below the Dutch middle, and yet Nieuw-Lekkerland-Dorp gets no further than a 4.6 for quiet & nature. In this case that score is not about noise but about space: the village is densely built for its size, and the tree canopy above the streets does not even reach half of what is normal elsewhere. Shade is scarcer here than noise.

Set against that is a 9.5 for safety, and it is strikingly complete. Violence, burglary, theft and vandalism all four lie below the national median; there is not a single category that makes the score on its own. The 4.9 for wealth & income hangs mainly on the property value, which stays clearly below the Dutch level. The income distribution barely deviates from it — the share of social assistance benefits does lie above.

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no. 21 of 81 in Molenlanden

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Is Nieuw-Lekkerland-Dorp a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Nieuw-Lekkerland-Dorp comes out at 12 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Nieuw-Lekkerland-Dorp is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.

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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

12.1 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.0 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.5 per 1,000

Property crime

3.1 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.6 per 1,000

In 2025, 64 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

0.8 km

Train station

12.9 km

Restaurant

1.8 km

Hospital

10.4 km

Café

1.4 km

Library

0.6 km

Motorway ramp

1.2 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

€ 356,000

Welfare recipients

12.3 per 1,000

High incomes

17%

Low incomes

41%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

64%

Social housing

34%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

88%

Built after 2000

12%

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

5,799 inw/km²

Noise level

51 dB

Green surroundings

53%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

967

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.7 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

44%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

9.6 km

Residents under 15

19%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Nieuw-Lekkerland-Dorp has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 15%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1519%
NL median 14%
15–2515%
NL median 11%
25–4522%
NL median 22%
45–6525%
NL median 28%
65+19%
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
2.7 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
26% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
44% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,799 — 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 Nieuw-Lekkerland-Dorp a safe neighbourhood?

How much crime is there in Nieuw-Lekkerland-Dorp?

In Nieuw-Lekkerland-Dorp the police recorded 64 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (12 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 Nieuw-Lekkerland-Dorp calculated?

Nieuw-Lekkerland-Dorp scores 8.3 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 Nieuw-Lekkerland-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.