neighbourhood in Veenendaal
Schrijverswijk
1,840 residents · postal code 3901 · Part of Centrum, Veenendaal
Everything close by, little space
Of nearly thirteen thousand neighbourhoods with an amenities score, the Schrijverswijk ranks in the country's top fifty: supermarket, GP and restaurant are all within three hundred metres, the station a kilometre and a half away. That is where the good news ends.
The wealth & income pillar comes out at 3.8, and it is weak right across. Property value lies far below the national median, the share of high incomes is less than two thirds of the national figure, and the social assistance rate is more than five times the middle. Not one component pushes the other way.
The 2.8 for quiet & nature fits a town-centre area: this is one of the most densely built spots in Veenendaal, the green share within three hundred metres stays well under the national middle and traffic noise comes out above it. What depresses the safety pillar is chiefly property crime, but violence too sits above the median here.
- no. 10,413 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 35 of 36 in Veenendaal
How Schrijverswijk scores
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Is Schrijverswijk a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Schrijverswijk comes out at 41 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Schrijverswijk is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 108 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.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄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.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Quiet & nature
How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
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
The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Tick = Dutch median
Who lives here
Schrijverswijk has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 38%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4538%
NL median 22%
- 45–6518%
NL median 28%
- 65+19%
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
1.8 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
50% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
22% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
10,821 — 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 Schrijverswijk a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Schrijverswijk comes out at 41 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Schrijverswijk is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes. 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 Schrijverswijk?
In Schrijverswijk the police recorded 108 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (41 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 Schrijverswijk calculated?
Schrijverswijk scores 4.0 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 Schrijverswijk 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.
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Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Veenendaal.
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