neighbourhood in Westland
Molensloot
1,870 residents · postal code 2678 · Part of De Lier, Westland
Safe, but not spacious
Molensloot was built almost entirely after 2000 and has strikingly few over-65s, yet vacancy stands at thirteen per cent — more than three times the national level, in a neighbourhood where property values are actually above the national median and a quarter of households are on a high income. That combination keeps the wealth & income pillar at a 7.1 rather than higher.
Greenery is the weak spot. Within three hundred metres there is less than half the national norm and the tree canopy is thin; noise sits right on the median. The 3.7 for quiet & nature therefore comes entirely from what does not grow, not from noise.
The 8.7 for safety comes with one warning: the total is well below the national middle, but burglary is reported more than twice as often here as average. In a new-build area that is the figure to remember.
- no. 4,432 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 36 of 73 in Westland
How Molensloot scores
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Is Molensloot a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Molensloot comes out at 13 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Molensloot 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, 24 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
Molensloot has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 39%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1521%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4539%
NL median 22%
- 45–6522%
NL median 28%
- 65+8%
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
34% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
40% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,160 — 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 Molensloot a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Molensloot comes out at 13 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Molensloot 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 Molensloot?
In Molensloot the police recorded 24 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (13 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 Molensloot calculated?
Molensloot scores 7.5 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 Molensloot 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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