neighbourhood in Venlo

Craneveld

2,040 residents · postal code 5914 · Part of Venlo-Noord, Venlo

Bottom 43% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

In Craneveld almost six in ten households consist of one person and fewer than a fifth have children — and yet families scores 8.3. That figure primarily measures distance, and the primary school here is three hundred metres away. Anyone taking the 8.3 as a sign that many children live here reads it wrong; three in ten residents are in fact 65 or over.

The 4.1 for safety comes from three types at once. Burglary, property crime and vandalism are all above the national median; only violence stays just below it. The 3.2 for wealth & income leaves little room: low property value, few households with a high income, many with a low one, and social assistance at more than three times the national level.

no. 7,566 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 37 of 94 in Venlo

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Is Craneveld a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Craneveld comes out at 33 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

32.7 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.7 per 1,000

Property crime

11.3 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 87 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

0.5 km

GP practice

0.4 km

Train station

1.8 km

Restaurant

0.4 km

Hospital

3.1 km

Café

0.4 km

Library

1.2 km

Motorway ramp

1.0 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

€ 271,000

Welfare recipients

24.5 per 1,000

High incomes

13%

Low incomes

42%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

44%

Social housing

27%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

43%

Built after 2000

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

5,802 inw/km²

Noise level

52 dB

Green surroundings

39%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,547

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.2 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

0.3 km

Households with children

18%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

0.6 km

Residents under 15

11%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Craneveld has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 30%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1511%
NL median 14%
15–2513%
NL median 11%
25–4524%
NL median 22%
45–6522%
NL median 28%
65+30%
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
1.7 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
58% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
18% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,802 — 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 Craneveld a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Craneveld comes out at 33 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 Craneveld?

In Craneveld the police recorded 87 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (33 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 Craneveld calculated?

Craneveld scores 5.7 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 Craneveld 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.