neighbourhood in 's-Hertogenbosch
Molenhoek
4,120 residents · postal code 5242 · Part of Rosmalen-Zuid, 's-Hertogenbosch
Well-off, but not carefree
Molenhoek is a prosperous neighbourhood with a safety problem you would not expect there. Burglary happens almost four times as often as in the average Dutch neighbourhood and property crime more than one and a half times, while violence stays at a fifth of the national median. Hence the 6.1, far below the other pillars.
The 9.4 for wealth & income is earned across the board: a property value of over six hundred thousand euros, a third of households on a high income, few low incomes and a social assistance rate below a third of the median.
Quiet & nature reaches a 7.0 with more than seventy per cent greenery in the immediate surroundings, though noise is above the Dutch middle. That is the price of sitting close to Den Bosch.
- no. 995 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 17 of 94 in 's-Hertogenbosch
How Molenhoek scores
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Is Molenhoek a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Molenhoek 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, 163 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
Molenhoek has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 30%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1517%
NL median 14%
- 15–259%
NL median 11%
- 25–4519%
NL median 22%
- 45–6525%
NL median 28%
- 65+30%
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
2.4 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
25% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
38% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,016 — 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 Molenhoek a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Molenhoek 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 Molenhoek?
In Molenhoek the police recorded 163 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 Molenhoek calculated?
Molenhoek scores 9.4 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 Molenhoek 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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Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of 's-Hertogenbosch.
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