neighbourhood in Venray

Veltum 1

2,165 residents · postal code 5801 · Part of Veltum, Venray

Bottom 37% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

A third of the residents of Veltum 1 are sixty-five or older and almost half of households consist of one person. The 9.0 for amenities fits that structure well: supermarket, GP, school and restaurant are all within a kilometre.

The 3.4 for wealth & income is the figure furthest out of line. Fewer than one in eleven households are in the top income bracket, almost half in the lowest, property value stays well below the national median and the social assistance rate is more than four times the middle. Only vacancy is low.

On safety the crime total is a third above the national median. Violence, theft and burglary are all three above it, criminal damage below — so this is not a neighbourhood where the nuisance is mainly visible damage.

The 5.9 for quiet & nature leans on a tree canopy at more than twice the national middle, in a neighbourhood of almost four thousand residents on every square kilometre.

no. 8,297 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 12 of 32 in Venray

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Is Veltum 1 a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Veltum 1 comes out at 31 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

31.4 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.7 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.1 per 1,000

Property crime

9.8 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.4 per 1,000

In 2025, 85 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

0.3 km

GP practice

0.6 km

Train station

4.0 km

Restaurant

0.9 km

Hospital

1.5 km

Café

1.0 km

Library

1.2 km

Motorway ramp

0.8 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

€ 300,000

Welfare recipients

32.3 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

46%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

42%

Social housing

55%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

61%

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

3,879 inw/km²

Noise level

52 dB

Green surroundings

50%

Trees nearby

20%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,291

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.5 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

0.5 km

Households with children

24%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

1.3 km

Residents under 15

12%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Veltum 1 has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 33%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1512%
NL median 14%
15–258%
NL median 11%
25–4524%
NL median 22%
45–6523%
NL median 28%
65+33%
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
1.9 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
44% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
24% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,879 — 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 Veltum 1 a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Veltum 1 comes out at 31 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 Veltum 1?

In Veltum 1 the police recorded 85 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (31 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 Veltum 1 calculated?

Veltum 1 scores 5.2 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 Veltum 1 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.