neighbourhood in Veenendaal

Veenderij

3,440 residents · postal code 3907 · Part of Noordoost, Veenendaal

Top 11% in the Netherlands

Safe, but not spacious

Veenderij was built almost entirely after 2000 and it shows in the population: more than a quarter of residents are under fifteen and six in ten households have children. Even so, the families pillar reaches no further than 6.1, and the reason lies in the distances. The primary school is nearly two kilometres away, and school and childcare distance together make up almost two thirds of that pillar. Plenty of children, little school around the corner.

The wealth & income pillar is strong right across the board. Property values are well above the Dutch middle, three in ten households have a high income, there are fewer low-income ones than nationally, and both social assistance and vacancy stay below the median.

The safety score of 9.6 rests mainly on what does not happen: violence is about half the national middle, burglary and vandalism a fraction of it. Only property crime comes close to ordinary.

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Is Veenderij a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Veenderij comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Veenderij is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.

The figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

15.5 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.3 per 1,000

Property crime

8.3 per 1,000

Vandalism

0.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 62 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

1.1 km

GP practice

1.0 km

Train station

3.2 km

Restaurant

2.4 km

Hospital

2.9 km

Café

2.6 km

Library

2.6 km

Motorway ramp

0.9 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

€ 609,000

Welfare recipients

5.8 per 1,000

High incomes

31%

Low incomes

32%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

79%

Social housing

18%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

87%

Built after 2000

98%

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

5,469 inw/km²

Noise level

51 dB

Green surroundings

60%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

900

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.0 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

1.9 km

Households with children

59%

Childcare

1.9 km

Secondary school

3.4 km

Residents under 15

27%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Veenderij has strikingly many children under 15: 27%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1527%
NL median 14%
15–2513%
NL median 11%
25–4534%
NL median 22%
45–6520%
NL median 28%
65+6%
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
3.0 — far larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
16% — far fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
59% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,469 — 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 Veenderij a safe neighbourhood?

How much crime is there in Veenderij?

In Veenderij the police recorded 62 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (15 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 Veenderij calculated?

Veenderij scores 9.2 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 Veenderij 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.