neighbourhood in Westland
Kleine Geest en Molenwijk
3,315 residents · postal code 2681 · Part of Monster, Westland
In the greenhouse belt of Westland sits this part of Monster, where safety ranks among the country's highest at 9.8 — barely 13 crimes per 1,000 people present. Four in five homes are owner-occupied and more than ninety percent are ground-level. Quiet is the weak spot at 3.0, and the nearest station is almost twelve kilometres off. At €409,000, home values sit just below the national middle.
- no. 1,669 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 11 of 73 in Westland
How Kleine Geest en Molenwijk scores
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The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 47 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 Kleine Geest en Molenwijk looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4522%
NL median 22%
- 45–6532%
NL median 28%
- 65+21%
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
29% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
37% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
7,894 — 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
How is the grade for Kleine Geest en Molenwijk calculated?
Kleine Geest en Molenwijk scores 9.0 as its total score. That grade is a national position: we weigh four equally heavy scores — safety, amenities, wealth & income and quiet & nature — and see where Kleine Geest en Molenwijk lands among every neighbourhood in the Netherlands. So it is not the mean of the four grades, but a place in the queue. All from open data published by CBS and the police.
Is Kleine Geest en Molenwijk a safe neighbourhood?
Kleine Geest en Molenwijk scores 9.8 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (12.6 per year). The national median is around 24.1.
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Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Westland.
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