neighbourhood in Roosendaal

Heerma van Vossstraat-Molenbeek

1,805 residents · postal code 4703 · Part of West, Roosendaal

Bottom 19% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

An 8.8 for amenities alongside a 3.2 for quiet & nature: in Heerma van Vossstraat-Molenbeek everything is close and it is busy to match. Noise levels are among the highest you will meet in a residential area and there is barely any greenery nearby.

The wealth & income score of 4.1 needs explaining, because it is not what you would expect. The social assistance rate here is below the national median and relatively fewer low-income households live here than nationally; what pulls the pillar down is the property value, far below the national middle, and a vacancy rate close to three times the median. That last figure is the one to watch. Beyond that, this is a place of people living alone: half of all households consist of one person.

no. 10,619 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 29 of 53 in Roosendaal

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Is Heerma van Vossstraat-Molenbeek a safe neighbourhood?

The figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

39.4 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.5 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.5 per 1,000

Property crime

19.3 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 102 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

0.8 km

GP practice

0.8 km

Train station

1.9 km

Restaurant

0.6 km

Hospital

1.3 km

Café

0.6 km

Library

1.0 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

€ 273,000

Welfare recipients

5.5 per 1,000

High incomes

16%

Low incomes

34%

Vacancy

11%

Owner-occupied

55%

Social housing

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

44%

Built after 2000

21%

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

4,481 inw/km²

Noise level

59 dB

Green surroundings

38%

Trees nearby

12%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,582

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.6 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

0.5 km

Households with children

22%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

2.0 km

Residents under 15

11%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Heerma van Vossstraat-Molenbeek has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 31%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1511%
NL median 14%
15–259%
NL median 11%
25–4526%
NL median 22%
45–6523%
NL median 28%
65+31%
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
1.8 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
50% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
22% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,481 — 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 Heerma van Vossstraat-Molenbeek a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Heerma van Vossstraat-Molenbeek comes out at 39 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Heerma van Vossstraat-Molenbeek is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes. One caveat: the figure counts per person present, not per resident. In a neighbourhood with many visitors — a centre, a station, a shopping area — it therefore comes out higher than residents experience. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Heerma van Vossstraat-Molenbeek?

In Heerma van Vossstraat-Molenbeek the police recorded 102 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (39 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 Heerma van Vossstraat-Molenbeek calculated?

Heerma van Vossstraat-Molenbeek scores 3.9 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 Heerma van Vossstraat-Molenbeek 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.