neighbourhood in Veenendaal

Buurtstede

3,360 residents · postal code 3907 · Part of Noordoost, Veenendaal

Top 19% in the Netherlands

Safe, but not spacious

In Buurtstede almost six in ten households have children at home and every building dates from after 2000 — and still the families pillar gets no further than a 6.0. The reason is distance: the nearest primary school is almost two kilometres away, and that distance weighs more heavily in the score than the share of children.

The 8.8 for safety has one exception: property crime is above the national median, while violence, burglary and vandalism stay well below it. And the 4.0 for quiet & nature does not come from noise alone — the tree canopy here is less than half the national share, while greenery in the surroundings sits exactly on the median. The restaurant and the station both require a drive as well.

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no. 16 of 36 in Veenendaal

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Is Buurtstede a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Buurtstede comes out at 22 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood.

The figures ⌄

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

21.8 per 1,000

Violent crime

0.7 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.3 per 1,000

Property crime

12.9 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 90 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

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Amenities

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Supermarket

0.5 km

GP practice

0.4 km

Train station

3.2 km

Restaurant

2.5 km

Hospital

3.0 km

Café

2.7 km

Library

2.7 km

Motorway ramp

1.0 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

€ 469,000

Welfare recipients

8.9 per 1,000

High incomes

28%

Low incomes

31%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

65%

Social housing

27%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

80%

Built after 2000

100%

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

8,333 inw/km²

Noise level

56 dB

Green surroundings

54%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,194

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.2 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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Families

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

Primary school

1.9 km

Households with children

58%

Childcare

1.9 km

Secondary school

3.5 km

Residents under 15

31%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Buurtstede has strikingly many children under 15: 31%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1531%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4536%
NL median 22%
45–6517%
NL median 28%
65+6%
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
3.0 — far larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
20% — far fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
58% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
8,333 — 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 Buurtstede a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Buurtstede comes out at 22 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Buurtstede?

In Buurtstede the police recorded 90 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (22 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 Buurtstede calculated?

Buurtstede scores 8.6 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 Buurtstede 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.