neighbourhood in Venlo

't Zand

2,780 residents · postal code 5914 · Part of Venlo-Noord, Venlo

Bottom 27% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, thinner wallets

In 't Zand all four types of offence sit above the national middle. Violence and vandalism stand out most clearly, theft is just above. No single type can be pointed to as making the figure on its own, and that is where the 3.9 for safety comes from.

Wealth points the same way, across every component. Property value is two thirds of the national middle, half of households fall in the lowest income group, high incomes are rare and the social assistance rate is almost seven times the Dutch median. Only vacancy is low: the homes are lived in.

Against that stands a 9.0 for families, which comes almost entirely from the primary school four hundred metres away, and an 8.4 for amenities because supermarket, GP and restaurant are all around the corner. What defines this neighbourhood is therefore not a lack of access but the income of those who live here.

no. 9,611 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 51 of 94 in Venlo

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Is 't Zand a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, 't Zand comes out at 32 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

31.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.2 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.9 per 1,000

Property crime

9.5 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 110 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.

Supermarket

0.4 km

GP practice

0.8 km

Train station

2.7 km

Restaurant

0.8 km

Hospital

3.8 km

Café

1.1 km

Library

1.9 km

Motorway ramp

0.5 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

€ 286,000

Welfare recipients

54.0 per 1,000

High incomes

10%

Low incomes

50%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

38%

Social housing

55%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

67%

Built after 2000

25%

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

4,854 inw/km²

Noise level

52 dB

Green surroundings

42%

Trees nearby

11%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,514

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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The figures ⌄

Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.

Primary school

0.4 km

Households with children

33%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

1.2 km

Residents under 15

15%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of 't Zand looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1515%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4525%
NL median 22%
45–6529%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
42% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
33% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,854 — 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 't Zand a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, 't Zand comes out at 32 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 't Zand?

In 't Zand the police recorded 110 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (32 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 't Zand calculated?

't Zand scores 4.5 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 't Zand 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.