neighbourhood in Veenendaal

Molenbrug

2,495 residents · postal code 3905 · Part of Noordwest, Veenendaal

Bottom 45% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, thinner wallets

Everything is close by here: supermarket, restaurant and primary school a few hundred metres away, the station just over a kilometre. That gives Molenbrug a 9.6 for amenities and a 9.7 for families, the two highest scores the neighbourhood achieves.

The other side is equally unambiguous. The property value is far below the Dutch middle, eight per cent of households have a high income and the social assistance rate is seven times the national level; the 3.1 for wealth & income is earned across the board. On safety, burglary stands out at more than three times the national figure, and theft is above it too. The 3.5 for quiet & nature follows from density and noise above the median, with less greenery around than average.

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no. 29 of 36 in Veenendaal

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Is Molenbrug a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Molenbrug comes out at 25 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood.

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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

25.4 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.6 per 1,000

Burglaries

2.0 per 1,000

Property crime

10.9 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 77 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

0.3 km

GP practice

0.8 km

Train station

1.3 km

Restaurant

0.2 km

Hospital

1.6 km

Café

0.8 km

Library

1.4 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

€ 283,000

Welfare recipients

56.1 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

47%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

37%

Social housing

52%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

31%

Built after 2000

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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

9,149 inw/km²

Noise level

53 dB

Green surroundings

46%

Trees nearby

10%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

3,369

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

0.2 km

Households with children

32%

Childcare

0.2 km

Secondary school

0.6 km

Residents under 15

18%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Molenbrug has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 29%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1518%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4529%
NL median 22%
45–6523%
NL median 28%
65+18%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
44% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
32% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
9,149 — 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 Molenbrug a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Molenbrug comes out at 25 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 Molenbrug?

In Molenbrug the police recorded 77 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (25 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 Molenbrug calculated?

Molenbrug scores 5.8 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 Molenbrug 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.