neighbourhood in Noordenveld
Roden West
6,865 residents · postal code 9301 · Part of Roden, Noordenveld
Safe, but everything is a drive away
The railway station lies well over sixteen kilometres from Roden West, but that is not the main reason the amenities pillar stays stuck at a 4.7. Station and restaurant together weigh less heavily than supermarket and GP, and those two are both just over the kilometre here. That small difference costs more than the long drive to the railway.
Where Roden West does stand out is safety, with a 9.5. Theft comes out there at a third of the national level and none of the other types rises above the median.
The quiet pillar, a 8.6, follows the same pattern of space. Plenty of greenery, a tree canopy that more than doubles the usual share, and a noise level that stays clearly below it. Only the share of surface water amounts to little there.
- no. 2,981 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 3 of 32 in Noordenveld
How Roden West scores
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Is Roden West a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Roden West comes out at 11 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Roden West 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.
In 2025, 85 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
The age profile of Roden West looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1516%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4521%
NL median 22%
- 45–6530%
NL median 28%
- 65+22%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
30% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
35% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,197 — 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 Roden West a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Roden West comes out at 11 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Roden West is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Roden West?
In Roden West the police recorded 85 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (11 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 Roden West calculated?
Roden West 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 Roden West 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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Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Noordenveld.
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