neighbourhood in Pijnacker-Nootdorp
De Venen / Craeyenburch
2,100 residents · postal code 2631 · Part of Nootdorp, Pijnacker-Nootdorp
Safe, but not spacious
A property value at over one and a half times the national median alongside a social assistance rate at three times the national figure: that combination makes the 7.5 for wealth & income in De Venen / Craeyenburch less uniform than it looks. The share of households on a low income is slightly above the median too, while the share on a high income is far above it. Two things live inside these figures at once.
Almost the whole housing stock was built after 2000 and nearly six in ten households have children; only an eighth of residents are over sixty-five. That is a young population in new streets.
The amenities pillar stalls at 5.6 because supermarket, GP and restaurant are all more than a kilometre away. The sound level, by contrast, is far below the national median.
- no. 3,987 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 20 of 31 in Pijnacker-Nootdorp
How De Venen / Craeyenburch scores
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Is De Venen / Craeyenburch a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Venen / Craeyenburch comes out at 21 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.
In 2025, 54 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
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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
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Who lives here
De Venen / Craeyenburch has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 17%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–2517%
NL median 11%
- 25–4520%
NL median 22%
- 45–6536%
NL median 28%
- 65+12%
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
2.8 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
18% — far fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
58% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,774 — 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 De Venen / Craeyenburch a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Venen / Craeyenburch comes out at 21 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 De Venen / Craeyenburch?
In De Venen / Craeyenburch the police recorded 54 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (21 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 De Venen / Craeyenburch calculated?
De Venen / Craeyenburch scores 7.7 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 De Venen / Craeyenburch 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.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Pijnacker-Nootdorp
Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Pijnacker-Nootdorp.
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