neighbourhood in Nieuwegein

Vesten

1,740 residents · postal code 3432 · Part of Fokkesteeg, Nieuwegein

Top 21% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, thinner wallets

Vesten does not get its 9.0 for families for free: the primary school is six hundred metres away and more than four in ten households have children. Those two things together are exactly what the pillar weights most heavily, and they keep a parent's daily route short here.

The brake sits elsewhere. The supermarket and the GP are around the corner, but the nearest railway station is more than eight kilometres away. That single long distance holds the amenities pillar at a 6.1: the shopping is sorted, the journey across the country is not. Anyone living here without a car notices that every working day.

The wealth & income pillar points in two directions, and that deserves honesty. The share of residents on social assistance is well above the national median and the property value below it. Against that, vacancy here is low and the lowest income group is actually thinner than nationally. So this is not a weak neighbourhood on income, but not a strong one either.

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no. 4 of 34 in Nieuwegein

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Is Vesten a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Vesten comes out at 18 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.

Total crime

17.8 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.3 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.2 per 1,000

Property crime

6.7 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.2 per 1,000

In 2025, 34 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

8.5 km

Restaurant

1.5 km

Hospital

2.2 km

Café

1.7 km

Library

1.8 km

Motorway ramp

2.3 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

€ 394,000

Welfare recipients

17.2 per 1,000

High incomes

21%

Low incomes

34%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

68%

Social housing

21%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

82%

Built after 2000

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

7,092 inw/km²

Noise level

54 dB

Green surroundings

48%

Trees nearby

15%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,800

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.1 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

44%

Childcare

0.8 km

Secondary school

1.0 km

Residents under 15

18%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Vesten has strikingly many children under 15: 18%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1518%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4527%
NL median 22%
45–6528%
NL median 28%
65+16%
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
28% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
44% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
7,092 — 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 Vesten a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Vesten comes out at 18 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 Vesten?

In Vesten the police recorded 34 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (18 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 Vesten calculated?

Vesten scores 8.5 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 Vesten 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.