neighbourhood in Westland
Grote Geest en Molenwijk
1,865 residents · postal code 2681 · Part of Monster, Westland
Well-off, but not spacious
Grote Geest en Molenwijk lands an 8.5 for wealth & income, and the figure holds on every component: property values well above the national median, a top income group clearly larger than nationally, a bottom group smaller, and both social assistance and vacancy below the national level. Such an even picture is rare; usually one component points the other way.
The 5.2 for quiet & nature is the opposite case. Noise is far below the national median and close to a tenth of the surface is water, but the tree canopy is the thinnest measure in the whole neighbourhood and there is little greenery around. The pillar averages that into something ordinary, while in reality it is two extremes.
Families score a 6.6 with a school nine hundred metres away — close enough to walk, far enough not to lift the figure any higher.
- no. 2,608 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 19 of 73 in Westland
How Grote Geest en Molenwijk scores
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Is Grote Geest en Molenwijk a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Grote Geest en Molenwijk comes out at 17 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Grote Geest en Molenwijk is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest 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, 35 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
The age profile of Grote Geest en Molenwijk looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–2513%
NL median 11%
- 25–4519%
NL median 22%
- 45–6531%
NL median 28%
- 65+22%
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
2.4 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
28% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
40% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,526 — 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 Grote Geest en Molenwijk a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Grote Geest en Molenwijk comes out at 17 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Grote Geest en Molenwijk is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Grote Geest en Molenwijk?
In Grote Geest en Molenwijk the police recorded 35 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (17 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 Grote Geest en Molenwijk calculated?
Grote Geest en Molenwijk scores 8.5 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 Grote Geest en Molenwijk 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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