neighbourhood in Veenendaal

Dragonder Oost

2,250 residents · postal code 3902 · Part of Noordoost, Veenendaal

Top 4% in the Netherlands

Safe, but not spacious

Every home in Dragonder Oost dates from after 2000, which makes this area a snapshot of who ends up in such new building: almost half of households have children, a fifth of residents are under fifteen and only one in ten is over 65.

The 9.7 for families and the 9.8 for safety together carry the overall score. On the latter, all four categories of offence lie below the national median, violence and burglary at a fraction of it.

The 4.7 for quiet & nature is the counterweight. With almost seven thousand residents per square kilometre and a noise level well above the median, this is the price of compact new building; greenery within three hundred metres barely exceeds the national middle. And on wealth & income, a 7.1, property values sit just above the median while social assistance stays well below it — comfortable, without extremes.

no. 425 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 3 of 36 in Veenendaal

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Is Dragonder Oost a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Dragonder Oost comes out at 13 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Dragonder Oost is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.

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Safety

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

Total crime

13.2 per 1,000

Violent crime

0.7 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.4 per 1,000

Property crime

5.1 per 1,000

Vandalism

0.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 30 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

1.0 km

GP practice

1.3 km

Train station

2.4 km

Restaurant

1.3 km

Hospital

2.2 km

Café

1.8 km

Library

1.8 km

Motorway ramp

0.8 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

€ 446,000

Welfare recipients

4.4 per 1,000

High incomes

25%

Low incomes

36%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

65%

Social housing

25%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

62%

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

6,881 inw/km²

Noise level

58 dB

Green surroundings

56%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,054

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.1 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

0.4 km

Households with children

46%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

2.6 km

Residents under 15

21%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Dragonder Oost has strikingly few residents aged 65 and over: 10%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1521%
NL median 14%
15–2514%
NL median 11%
25–4527%
NL median 22%
45–6529%
NL median 28%
65+10%
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
2.5 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
28% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
46% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,881 — 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 Dragonder Oost a safe neighbourhood?

How much crime is there in Dragonder Oost?

In Dragonder Oost the police recorded 30 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (13 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 Dragonder Oost calculated?

Dragonder Oost scores 9.8 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 Dragonder Oost 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.