neighbourhood in Westland

Monster Centrumgebied

2,300 residents · postal code 2681 · Part of Monster, Westland

Bottom 41% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

The railway station is almost twelve kilometres from Monster Centrumgebied, and yet the amenities pillar stands at 9.2. Everything that matters day to day — supermarket, GP, restaurant, school — is within half a kilometre, and that far outweighs that one long distance.

The price shows in the quiet & nature pillar, which at 2.5 is among the lowest in the country. A quarter of the immediate surroundings is green, against more than half nationally, tree canopy covers less than half the national figure and noise runs a few decibels above it. In the wealth figures something else stands out: the income distribution and the rate of social assistance sit close to the national picture, and what holds the score down are property values and a vacancy rate one and a half times the national level.

no. 7,798 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 54 of 73 in Westland

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Is Monster Centrumgebied a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Monster Centrumgebied comes out at 27 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

27.5 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.9 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.6 per 1,000

Property crime

12.7 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.1 per 1,000

In 2025, 94 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.

Supermarket

0.3 km

GP practice

0.5 km

Train station

11.7 km

Restaurant

0.3 km

Hospital

3.3 km

Café

0.4 km

Library

0.6 km

Motorway ramp

0.4 km

Tick = Dutch median

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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.

Property value

€ 370,000

Welfare recipients

8.7 per 1,000

High incomes

18%

Low incomes

38%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

64%

Social housing

17%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

48%

Built after 2000

14%

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

7,446 inw/km²

Noise level

56 dB

Green surroundings

26%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,617

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.0 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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The figures ⌄

Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.

Primary school

0.4 km

Households with children

26%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

2.9 km

Residents under 15

12%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Monster Centrumgebied looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1512%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4526%
NL median 22%
45–6527%
NL median 28%
65+26%
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
48% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
26% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
7,446 — 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 Monster Centrumgebied a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Monster Centrumgebied comes out at 27 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 Monster Centrumgebied?

In Monster Centrumgebied the police recorded 94 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (27 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 Monster Centrumgebied calculated?

Monster Centrumgebied scores 5.5 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 Monster Centrumgebied 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.