neighbourhood in De Bilt
Bilthoven Centrum
3,915 residents · postal code 3722 · Part of Bilthoven Zuid Oost, De Bilt
Well-off, but not carefree
Four and a half times as many trees as the average Dutch neighbourhood, and three quarters of the surroundings green: that is the basis for the 7.4 for quiet & nature in Bilthoven Centrum. The figure is not higher because of the building density and the absence of open water.
Safety is the weak point at a 5.6, and the cause is easy to pin down. Theft here is almost twice the national median, while violence and vandalism stay below it. The risk is about belongings, not about the street.
The families pillar stays at a 6.6 even though the primary school is six hundred metres away. That points to the population: almost a third is 65 or over and the share of households with children is below the national picture.
- no. 2,456 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 8 of 21 in De Bilt
How Bilthoven Centrum scores
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Is Bilthoven Centrum a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Bilthoven Centrum comes out at 28 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.
In 2025, 166 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
Bilthoven Centrum has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 32%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–259%
NL median 11%
- 25–4519%
NL median 22%
- 45–6524%
NL median 28%
- 65+32%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
42% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
29% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,257 — 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 Bilthoven Centrum a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Bilthoven Centrum comes out at 28 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 Bilthoven Centrum?
In Bilthoven Centrum the police recorded 166 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (28 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 Bilthoven Centrum calculated?
Bilthoven Centrum scores 8.6 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 Bilthoven Centrum 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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