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The district of Renswoude

Renswoude has 5,780 residents (2026), spread across 1 district and 2 neighbourhoods.

Top 9% of the Netherlands

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Safe, and nowhere really weak

Renswoude averages 9.4, which puts the municipality above 91% of Dutch neighbourhoods. Safety lifts that grade with 9.0; amenities hold it back at 7.0. The highest neighbourhood grades sit in Renswoude (9.6), the lowest in Verspreide huizen (9.0). Of the 2 graded neighbourhoods, 2 reach 7.0 or higher.

Key figures for Renswoude

residents
5,780
district
1
neighbourhoods
2
km² of land
18.4

How Renswoude scores

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Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
Total crime
16.3 per 1,000
Violent crime
0.6 per 1,000
Burglaries
1.0 per 1,000
Property crime
4.7 per 1,000
Vandalism
0.8 per 1,000

In 2025, 131 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

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Amenities

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Supermarket
1.2 km
GP practice
1.2 km
Train station
4.6 km
Restaurant
1.0 km
Hospital
7.5 km
Café
1.0 km
Library
1.2 km
Motorway ramp
0.7 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
€ 521,894
Welfare recipients
6.9 per 1,000
High incomes
21%
Low incomes
38%
Vacancy
4%
Owner-occupied
74%
Social housing
0%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes
86%
Built after 2000
42%

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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
2,059 inw/km²
Noise level
52 dB
Green surroundings
68%
Trees nearby
13%
Water share
1%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²
530
Fine particles (PM2.5)
8.9 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.

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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
0.9 km
Households with children
42%
Childcare
1.1 km
Secondary school
7.2 km
Residents under 15
21%

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The best neighbourhoods for families in Renswoude →

Who lives here

Renswoude has strikingly many children under 15: 21%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

  • 0–1521%

    NL median 14%

  • 15–2513%

    NL median 11%

  • 25–4525%

    NL median 22%

  • 45–6524%

    NL median 28%

  • 65+17%

    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

    2.5 — larger than average

    NL median 2.3

  • Single-person households

    28% — fewer than average

    NL median 31%

  • Households with children

    41% — more than average

    NL median 35%

  • Residents per km²

    2,059 — less 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. Average of the neighbourhoods in Renswoude, weighted by population.

Weakest neighbourhoods

The worst and the safest districts of Renswoude

The worst districts of Renswoude are in one ranking, the safest in the other. Both are built on registered crimes per 1,000 people present, not on reputation.

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