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Petenbos

3,475 residents · postal code 3903 · Part of Zuidoost, Veenendaal

  • no. 1,127 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 7 of 36 in Veenendaal

Scores per pillar

A large ownership share and plenty of families: 83 percent of homes are owner-occupied and four in ten households have children. Safety scores 9.0, on just ten crimes per 1,000 people present, and housing 8.6. Nature lags behind at 3.9. The average home is worth €502,000, well above the national median of €422,000, and the overall grade comes to 9.4.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
1.0 km
General practitioner
1.8 km
Primary school
0.5 km
Secondary school
1.1 km
Childcare
0.5 km
Train station
2.1 km
Hospital
1.7 km
Restaurant
1.2 km
Café
2.4 km
Library
2.9 km

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year (residents plus business activity, see method). Small neighbourhoods are statistically smoothed.

Total crimes
10.0
Violent crimes
0.4
Burglaries
0.9

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 502,000
Owner-occupied
83%
Single-family homes
82%
Built after 2000
3%
Income per resident
€ 38,000

Who lives here

0–15 16%15–25 11%25–45 21%45–65 32%65+ 20%
Average household size
2.4
Households with children
41%
Single-person households
24%
Residents per km²
5,192

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Petenbos calculated?

Petenbos scores 9.4 overall. That is a weighted average of five pillars: safety, amenities, housing, social & income, and nature & quiet. Each pillar compares this neighbourhood with every other neighbourhood in the Netherlands, using open data from CBS and the police.

Is Petenbos a safe neighbourhood?

Petenbos scores 9.0 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (10.0 per year). The national median is around 24.1.