neighbourhood in Soest
Smitsveen
4,985 residents · postal code 3765 · Part of Smitsveen, Soest
Everything close by, little to spend
Smitsveen counts more than eight thousand residents per square kilometre and still achieves a 6.9 for quiet. That is down to the greenery: both the share of greenery and the tree canopy in the immediate surroundings lie well above the Dutch median. At this population density that is unusual.
The total offence figure stays below the national one, but that conceals something. Violence is almost twice as common there as average, and it is precisely that component that determines the safety pillar most strongly. What pushes the total down is burglary, which barely occurs there: over a whole year it amounts to a single reported offence.
The lowest figure, a 3.7 for wealth, hangs mainly on the social assistance figure, which is a multiple of the national one; on top of that property values stay below the median. Everything for daily use is a few hundred metres away and the station one and a half kilometres — that is where the 8.8 for amenities comes from.
- no. 4,549 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 16 of 26 in Soest
How Smitsveen scores
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Is Smitsveen a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Smitsveen comes out at 21 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer 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, 141 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
The age profile of Smitsveen looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1516%
NL median 14%
- 15–2513%
NL median 11%
- 25–4525%
NL median 22%
- 45–6525%
NL median 28%
- 65+20%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
40% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
35% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
8,342 — 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 Smitsveen a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Smitsveen comes out at 21 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Smitsveen?
In Smitsveen the police recorded 141 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (21 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 Smitsveen calculated?
Smitsveen scores 7.4 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 Smitsveen 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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