neighbourhood in Veldhoven

Meerveldhoven

2,545 residents · postal code 5503 · Part of Veldhoven, Veldhoven

Bottom 50% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

Meerveldhoven is not densely built, with fewer than two thousand residents per square kilometre, and still quiet & nature gets no further than 3.5. That comes from two sides: traffic noise is considerably above the national median and there is strikingly little greenery in the immediate surroundings. Space and silence are not the same thing.

Amenities are the strong suit, at 8.6. The doctor and a restaurant are around the corner and the supermarket almost so; only the station is more than six kilometres away.

The safety score of 6.2 turns entirely on theft. That type is above the national midpoint here, while violence, burglary and vandalism stay just below it. That is the profile of a neighbourhood where things go missing, not of a place where you would rather stay indoors after dark.

no. 6,639 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 11 of 17 in Veldhoven

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Is Meerveldhoven a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Meerveldhoven comes out at 27 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

The figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

26.7 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.0 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.5 per 1,000

Property crime

11.7 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.2 per 1,000

In 2025, 111 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

0.9 km

GP practice

0.5 km

Train station

6.1 km

Restaurant

0.3 km

Hospital

1.5 km

Café

0.4 km

Library

1.3 km

Motorway ramp

1.1 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

€ 437,000

Welfare recipients

15.7 per 1,000

High incomes

20%

Low incomes

39%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

56%

Social housing

35%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

69%

Built after 2000

17%

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

1,547 inw/km²

Noise level

59 dB

Green surroundings

33%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,572

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.2 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

0.6 km

Households with children

28%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

2.9 km

Residents under 15

13%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Meerveldhoven looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1513%
NL median 14%
15–259%
NL median 11%
25–4524%
NL median 22%
45–6528%
NL median 28%
65+26%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
42% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
28% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,547 — far less 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 Meerveldhoven a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Meerveldhoven comes out at 27 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. 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 Meerveldhoven?

In Meerveldhoven the police recorded 111 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (27 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 Meerveldhoven calculated?

Meerveldhoven scores 6.2 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 Meerveldhoven 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.