neighbourhood in Zeist

Vollenhove

4,325 residents · postal code 3706 · Part of Zeist-Noord, Zeist

Bottom 27% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, thinner wallets

Vollenhove has eight tenths green space within three hundred metres and a tree canopy more than five times the national median — and still gets no further than a 6.2 for quiet & nature. The noise level of more than sixty decibels is the brake; of the five components of that pillar it is the only one that badly disappoints.

The wealth & income pillar stands at a 2.9. The social assistance rate runs at more than seven times the median, property values at sixty per cent of the national median, and the top income group here is small.

The families score of 8.5 stands apart from that and comes from the distances: the primary school is five hundred metres away. The share of households with children stays below the national picture here, so this is not a score about how many children live here.

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no. 32 of 33 in Zeist

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Is Vollenhove a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Vollenhove comes out at 32 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

32.3 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.4 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.8 per 1,000

Property crime

12.6 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 191 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

0.5 km

GP practice

0.4 km

Train station

5.4 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

3.3 km

Café

1.5 km

Library

2.8 km

Motorway ramp

1.5 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

€ 255,000

Welfare recipients

57.8 per 1,000

High incomes

12%

Low incomes

42%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

22%

Social housing

56%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

10%

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

5,076 inw/km²

Noise level

61 dB

Green surroundings

81%

Trees nearby

48%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,468

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.1 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

0.5 km

Households with children

26%

Childcare

0.2 km

Secondary school

1.3 km

Residents under 15

17%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Vollenhove has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 41%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1517%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4541%
NL median 22%
45–6520%
NL median 28%
65+10%
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
1.8 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
55% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
26% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,076 — 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 Vollenhove a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Vollenhove comes out at 32 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 Vollenhove?

In Vollenhove the police recorded 191 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (32 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 Vollenhove calculated?

Vollenhove scores 4.5 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 Vollenhove 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.