neighbourhood in Oost Gelre

Veld Oost

2,290 residents · postal code 7131 · Part of Lichtenvoorde, Oost Gelre

Top 21% in the Netherlands

Safe streets, thinner wallets

Veld Oost combines a 9.8 for safety with a 4.1 for wealth & income. The first figure is solid: none of the four types of offence reaches the national middle, and burglary drops to almost nothing. The second comes from a property value below the median and a social assistance rate at almost three times the national level; only vacancy points the other way, and here it is all but absent.

The 4.3 for quiet & nature is a surprise in a village neighbourhood, but it comes from the building: density here is high, and both green cover and tree canopy stay just below the national middle. It is quiet — the sound level is below the median — but not green. Anyone expecting a view over meadows is mainly buying neighbours.

The primary school is around the corner, and school distance is almost a third of the families pillar. Together with a third of households having children that produces a 9.4.

no. 2,651 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 13 of 37 in Oost Gelre

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Is Veld Oost a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Veld Oost comes out at 12 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Veld Oost 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

12.2 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.4 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.1 per 1,000

Property crime

2.3 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.9 per 1,000

In 2025, 25 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

1.1 km

GP practice

1.3 km

Train station

4.0 km

Restaurant

0.6 km

Hospital

7.6 km

Café

0.5 km

Library

1.2 km

Motorway ramp

0.9 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

€ 312,000

Welfare recipients

21.8 per 1,000

High incomes

12%

Low incomes

43%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

72%

Social housing

25%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

94%

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

4,472 inw/km²

Noise level

50 dB

Green surroundings

46%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

957

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.8 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

34%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

0.7 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Veld Oost looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4524%
NL median 22%
45–6526%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
32% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
34% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,472 — 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 Veld Oost a safe neighbourhood?

How much crime is there in Veld Oost?

In Veld Oost the police recorded 25 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 Veld Oost calculated?

Veld Oost 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 Veld Oost 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.