neighbourhood in Veendam
Veendam-Centrum
2,635 residents · postal code 9641 · Part of Veendam-kern, Veendam
Everything close by, safety lags
Property values in Veendam-Centrum are less than half the national median. That is the heaviest component of the wealth & income pillar, and together with a social assistance rate more than three times the national level and a narrow top income group it produces a 3.0.
The four offence types all sit above the national median — violence and vandalism more than twice it, theft above it as well. So no single type on its own explains the low safety score; the picture is unfavourable across the board.
Against that stands a 7.9 for quiet & nature, in a thinly built-up centre with a tree canopy well above the national middle. And with every daily amenity within a kilometre that pillar reaches 8.8: supply is not the problem here.
- no. 11,218 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 10 of 17 in Veendam
How Veendam-Centrum scores
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Is Veendam-Centrum a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Veendam-Centrum comes out at 43 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Veendam-Centrum is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 165 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
Veendam-Centrum has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 34%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1511%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4520%
NL median 22%
- 45–6525%
NL median 28%
- 65+34%
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
48% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
21% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,921 — less 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 Veendam-Centrum a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Veendam-Centrum comes out at 43 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Veendam-Centrum 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 Veendam-Centrum?
In Veendam-Centrum the police recorded 165 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (43 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 Veendam-Centrum calculated?
Veendam-Centrum scores 3.6 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 Veendam-Centrum 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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