neighbourhood in De Bilt
Bilthoven Noord I
2,810 residents · postal code 3723 · Part of Bilthoven Noord, De Bilt
Well-off, and well out of town
Almost half of the surroundings of Bilthoven Noord I consists of tree canopy, more than five times the Dutch middle, and four fifths of the area counts as green. That is one of the strongest tree figures you will find in the Netherlands, and it carries a quiet & nature pillar of 8.8 in a neighbourhood that is otherwise not still.
The figure deserving attention is burglary: it is recorded here more than six times as often as nationally, while violence, property crime and vandalism all stay below the median. That the safety pillar still comes out at an 8.5 shows that burglary carries weight but not the most. For residents of expensive houses — the property value here is over three times the national median — that is the risk left over. The wealth & income pillar of 9.9 is strong across every component, with half of households in the top income group and no recorded social assistance.
- no. 172 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 1 of 21 in De Bilt
How Bilthoven Noord I scores
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Is Bilthoven Noord I a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Bilthoven Noord I comes out at 14 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Bilthoven Noord I 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.
In 2025, 53 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 Noord I has strikingly few residents aged 25 to 45: 12%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1519%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4512%
NL median 22%
- 45–6532%
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
2.6 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
19% — far fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
44% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,624 — far 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.
Frequently asked questions
Is Bilthoven Noord I a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Bilthoven Noord I comes out at 14 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Bilthoven Noord I is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Bilthoven Noord I?
In Bilthoven Noord I the police recorded 53 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (14 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 Noord I calculated?
Bilthoven Noord I scores 9.9 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 Noord I 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.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of De Bilt
Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of De Bilt.
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