neighbourhood in Venlo
Vastenavondkamp-Noord
3,140 residents · postal code 5922 · Part of Blerick-Noord, Venlo
Everything for children close by, thinner wallets
Violence in Vastenavondkamp-Noord occurs almost four times as often as in an average Dutch neighbourhood, and because violence is the heaviest component of the safety pillar, that stalls at a 3.0 while burglary here is in fact rare. The distinction is not academic for a resident: this is the type of offence that happens on the street.
The wealth & income column stands even more sharply. Property value is under half the national median, high incomes are virtually absent, while the social assistance rate rises above eleven times the national level. A 2.5 is then not a harsh verdict but the sum of all five components.
And yet there is also a 9.8 for families, and it is no mistake. School, supermarket and GP are all within six hundred metres, and four in ten households have children. Reach and wealth are entirely uncoupled here.
- no. 11,116 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 69 of 94 in Venlo
How Vastenavondkamp-Noord scores
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Is Vastenavondkamp-Noord a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Vastenavondkamp-Noord comes out at 46 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Vastenavondkamp-Noord is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 180 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.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄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.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Quiet & nature
How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
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
The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Tick = Dutch median
Who lives here
Vastenavondkamp-Noord has strikingly few residents aged 65 and over: 10%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1520%
NL median 14%
- 15–2516%
NL median 11%
- 25–4529%
NL median 22%
- 45–6525%
NL median 28%
- 65+10%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
38% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
41% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,386 — 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 Vastenavondkamp-Noord a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Vastenavondkamp-Noord comes out at 46 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Vastenavondkamp-Noord is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes. 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 Vastenavondkamp-Noord?
In Vastenavondkamp-Noord the police recorded 180 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (46 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 Vastenavondkamp-Noord calculated?
Vastenavondkamp-Noord scores 3.6 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 Vastenavondkamp-Noord 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.
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