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neighbourhood in Veenendaal

Schrijverswijk

1,840 residents · postal code 3901 · Part of Centrum, Veenendaal

  • no. 10,410 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 31 of 36 in Veenendaal

Scores per pillar

Almost every home in the Schrijverswijk is a flat — just four per cent are ground-based — and half went up after 2000. It is a dense town-centre zone of nearly 11,000 people per square kilometre, with amenities at 9.7. Set against that is a 3.8 for safety, its 41 offences per 1,000 people present well above the median. Greenery, at 2.6, is all but absent.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
0.4 km
General practitioner
0.3 km
Primary school
0.7 km
Secondary school
1.6 km
Childcare
0.8 km
Train station
1.4 km
Hospital
1.2 km
Restaurant
0.3 km
Café
0.3 km
Library
0.5 km

Safety

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

Total crimes
41.2
Violent crimes
3.0
Burglaries
0.5

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 286,000
Owner-occupied
39%
Single-family homes
4%
Built after 2000
51%
Income per resident

Who lives here

0–15 15%15–25 10%25–45 38%45–65 18%65+ 19%
Average household size
1.8
Households with children
22%
Single-person households
50%
Residents per km²
10,821

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Schrijverswijk calculated?

Schrijverswijk scores 4.0 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 Schrijverswijk a safe neighbourhood?

Schrijverswijk scores 3.8 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (41.2 per year). The national median is around 24.1.