neighbourhood in Pijnacker-Nootdorp
De Venen Oost
1,740 residents · postal code 2632 · Part of Nootdorp, Pijnacker-Nootdorp
Safe, but not spacious
Half the homes in De Venen Oost are flats and more than three quarters were built after the turn of the century — a combination seen less often in new-build areas than rows of family houses. Almost half of households here have children.
The station is a little over a kilometre away and that is the most favourable component for the amenities pillar; the supermarket and GP are slightly further, which keeps the figure at 6.7. For a neighbourhood of this age that is a normal outcome: the homes came before the shops.
The wealth & income pillar stands at 8.3 and is carried by every component — high property value, a broad top income group, little social assistance, little vacancy. That quiet & nature stays at 5.1 comes from density and from greenery below the national median, not from noise: that actually sits below the middle here.
- no. 1,196 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 11 of 31 in Pijnacker-Nootdorp
How De Venen Oost scores
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Is De Venen Oost a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Venen Oost 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.
In 2025, 35 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 Oost has strikingly many children under 15: 19%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1519%
NL median 14%
- 15–2513%
NL median 11%
- 25–4522%
NL median 22%
- 45–6528%
NL median 28%
- 65+17%
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
2.5 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
25% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
47% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,447 — 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 Oost a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Venen Oost 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 De Venen Oost?
In De Venen Oost the police recorded 35 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 De Venen Oost calculated?
De Venen Oost scores 9.3 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 De Venen 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.
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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