neighbourhood in Rijssen-Holten

Veeneslagen West

3,525 residents · postal code 7463 · Part of Stadsrand Rijssen Noord, Rijssen-Holten

Top 5% in the Netherlands

Safe, but not spacious

In almost seven in ten households in Veeneslagen West there are children, and only one in twenty residents is 65 or older. Few Dutch neighbourhoods have an age structure this skewed, and it is the direct explanation for the 9.2 for families — reinforced by a primary school within walking distance.

The safety pillar sits at the maximum. Burglary hardly occurs here and violence, property crime and vandalism also stay well below the national middle. Of social assistance benefits the CBS registers none at all.

What the area does not have is greenery and space. The tree canopy within three hundred metres falls well short of half the national median, the noise level is above it and greenery below it; that is where the 4.6 for quiet & nature comes from. The GP is a point of attention too: two and a half kilometres away, while the supermarket is around the corner.

no. 538 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 4 of 41 in Rijssen-Holten

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Is Veeneslagen West a safe neighbourhood?

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

Total crime

12.1 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.0 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.1 per 1,000

Property crime

3.9 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.1 per 1,000

In 2025, 42 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

2.5 km

Train station

3.0 km

Restaurant

0.8 km

Hospital

3.2 km

Café

2.3 km

Library

3.0 km

Motorway ramp

1.5 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

€ 449,000

Welfare recipients

0.0 per 1,000

High incomes

24%

Low incomes

39%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

87%

Social housing

11%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

89%

Built after 2000

99%

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

4,484 inw/km²

Noise level

53 dB

Green surroundings

49%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

847

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.9 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

0.8 km

Households with children

68%

Childcare

0.8 km

Secondary school

0.8 km

Residents under 15

28%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Veeneslagen West has strikingly many children under 15: 28%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1528%
NL median 14%
15–2518%
NL median 11%
25–4527%
NL median 22%
45–6523%
NL median 28%
65+5%
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
3.5 — far larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
13% — far fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
68% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,484 — 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 Veeneslagen West a safe neighbourhood?

How much crime is there in Veeneslagen West?

In Veeneslagen West the police recorded 42 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 Veeneslagen West calculated?

Veeneslagen West scores 9.7 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 Veeneslagen 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.