neighbourhood in Woerden

Molenvliet-West

5,310 residents · postal code 3448 · Part of Woerden-West, Woerden

Bottom 39% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, and little room

Molenvliet-West shows an unusual combination: the primary school is five hundred metres away, but for a supermarket or the GP you have to go almost two kilometres. That is how this densely populated Woerden neighbourhood can get both a 8.5 for families and a 4.8 for amenities at the same time — those pillars measure different distances.

The safety figure also calls for explanation. Clearly fewer offences are registered here than in the average Dutch neighbourhood, and yet that pillar gets no further than a 6.5. Violence is the reason: it is at almost double the national figure and weighs heaviest within the score.

Wealth holds the middle. The incomes are slightly more favourable than usual and little stands empty, but the property value lags behind and the number of residents on social assistance is a few times higher there than nationally.

no. 8,082 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 23 of 30 in Woerden

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Is Molenvliet-West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Molenvliet-West comes out at 16 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Molenvliet-West 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.

Total crime

16.4 per 1,000

Violent crime

4.0 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.6 per 1,000

Property crime

3.6 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 102 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

1.9 km

GP practice

2.0 km

Train station

3.6 km

Restaurant

1.4 km

Hospital

3.6 km

Café

2.9 km

Library

2.8 km

Motorway ramp

2.2 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

€ 369,000

Welfare recipients

24.5 per 1,000

High incomes

21%

Low incomes

35%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

60%

Social housing

33%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

71%

Built after 2000

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

8,299 inw/km²

Noise level

52 dB

Green surroundings

53%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,441

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.6 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

39%

Childcare

0.7 km

Secondary school

2.2 km

Residents under 15

17%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Molenvliet-West has strikingly few residents aged 65 and over: 16%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1517%
NL median 14%
15–2513%
NL median 11%
25–4526%
NL median 22%
45–6528%
NL median 28%
65+16%
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
35% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
39% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
8,299 — 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 Molenvliet-West a safe neighbourhood?

How much crime is there in Molenvliet-West?

In Molenvliet-West the police recorded 102 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (16 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 Molenvliet-West calculated?

Molenvliet-West scores 5.4 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 Molenvliet-West 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.