neighbourhood in Veendam

Veendam-Oude Ae

3,330 residents · postal code 9645 · Part of Veendam-kern, Veendam

Bottom 16% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, thinner wallets

Property value in Veendam-Oude Ae is below half the national median and more than six percent of residents live on social assistance — eight times as many as in the average neighbourhood. Together with a thin top income group that produces a 2.7 for wealth & income, and it drags the overall score down to a 3.6.

The safety pillar does not help. Violence is recorded here more than twice as often as nationally, and property crime, burglary and vandalism are above the median too; all four types, then. What does hold up is the 8.8 for families: the primary school is four hundred metres away and almost a third of households have children at home. Where childcare and secondary education are is not stated, but the short school distance does most of the work in that score.

no. 11,105 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 9 of 17 in Veendam

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Is Veendam-Oude Ae a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Veendam-Oude Ae comes out at 34 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.

Total crime

34.2 per 1,000

Violent crime

5.2 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.2 per 1,000

Property crime

13.5 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.3 per 1,000

In 2025, 145 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.

Supermarket

0.8 km

GP practice

1.5 km

Train station

1.9 km

Restaurant

0.4 km

Hospital

2.0 km

Café

1.0 km

Library

1.0 km

Motorway ramp

2.0 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

€ 196,000

Welfare recipients

63.1 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

52%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

52%

Social housing

42%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

73%

Built after 2000

17%

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

2,450 inw/km²

Noise level

55 dB

Green surroundings

41%

Trees nearby

11%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,192

Fine particles (PM2.5)

6.5 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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The figures ⌄

Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.

Primary school

0.4 km

Households with children

31%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

1.4 km

Residents under 15

14%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Veendam-Oude Ae looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4525%
NL median 22%
45–6527%
NL median 28%
65+21%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
41% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
31% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,450 — around the 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-Oude Ae a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Veendam-Oude Ae comes out at 34 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 Veendam-Oude Ae?

In Veendam-Oude Ae the police recorded 145 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (34 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-Oude Ae calculated?

Veendam-Oude Ae 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-Oude Ae 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.