neighbourhood in Roosendaal
Minnebeek-Watermolen
2,905 residents · postal code 4707 · Part of Groot Kroeven, Roosendaal
Spacious and quiet, but not set up for children
What stands out about Minnebeek-Watermolen is mainly what is not close by. The primary school is more than two kilometres away, the supermarket two, the restaurant further still — and that explains the two weakest figures at once. For families it produces a 3.7, since school distance is the heaviest component of that pillar; for amenities a 4.9.
The overall score of 3.0 is also pushed down by wealth and income, where the social assistance rate is more than four times the national level and property value clearly below it. At 6.6, quiet and nature is the only figure above the middle: it is quieter here than in the ordinary Dutch neighbourhood.
On safety the picture is more nuanced than the score suggests. The number of reported offences is only slightly above the national middle, and of the four types only vandalism is clearly above it; property offences are below. So this is not a neighbourhood where much disappears, but one where more gets broken.
- no. 12,195 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 45 of 53 in Roosendaal
How Minnebeek-Watermolen scores
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Is Minnebeek-Watermolen a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Minnebeek-Watermolen comes out at 27 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more 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, 91 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
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
Who lives here
Minnebeek-Watermolen has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 28%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4528%
NL median 22%
- 45–6529%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
37% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
35% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,446 — 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 Minnebeek-Watermolen a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Minnebeek-Watermolen comes out at 27 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. 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 Minnebeek-Watermolen?
In Minnebeek-Watermolen the police recorded 91 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (27 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 Minnebeek-Watermolen calculated?
Minnebeek-Watermolen scores 3.0 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 Minnebeek-Watermolen 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.
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