neighbourhood in Roermond

Oolder Veste

2,690 residents · postal code 6049 · Part of Herten, Roermond

Top 11% in the Netherlands

Safe, but not spacious

Almost every home in Oolder Veste was built after 2000 and more than half of households have children. Even so the families pillar reaches no higher than 7.6, and that is what makes this neighbourhood interesting: the primary school is a kilometre away, and school distance is, at nearly a third, the heaviest component of that pillar. So the score partly measures something other than who lives here.

The wealth & income pillar reaches 9.2 on virtually all components: a property value well above the Dutch median, more than twice as many high incomes as nationally, a narrow bottom income group and no social assistance. Only vacancy is slightly above the middle. As for the 3.8 for quiet & nature: noise levels here are actually low, but both green space and tree canopy in the immediate surroundings stay below the national level.

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Is Oolder Veste a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Oolder Veste comes out at 12 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Oolder Veste is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.

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Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

11.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

0.6 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.6 per 1,000

Property crime

3.7 per 1,000

Vandalism

0.6 per 1,000

In 2025, 31 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

1.0 km

GP practice

0.9 km

Train station

4.3 km

Restaurant

1.9 km

Hospital

4.5 km

Café

0.8 km

Library

3.6 km

Motorway ramp

2.1 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

€ 537,000

Welfare recipients

0.0 per 1,000

High incomes

42%

Low incomes

24%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

87%

Social housing

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

93%

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

3,978 inw/km²

Noise level

46 dB

Green surroundings

37%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

873

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

1.0 km

Households with children

56%

Childcare

0.8 km

Secondary school

5.1 km

Residents under 15

27%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Oolder Veste has strikingly many children under 15: 27%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1527%
NL median 14%
15–258%
NL median 11%
25–4527%
NL median 22%
45–6526%
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
2.9 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
16% — far fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
56% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,978 — 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 Oolder Veste a safe neighbourhood?

How much crime is there in Oolder Veste?

In Oolder Veste the police recorded 31 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 Oolder Veste calculated?

Oolder Veste scores 9.2 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 Oolder Veste 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.