neighbourhood in De Bilt
De Bilt West
4,785 residents · postal code 3731 · Part of De Bilt West, De Bilt
De Bilt West owes its score to wealth (6.9) and amenities (8.3), while space (4.8) and safety (5.5) weigh on the balance. It is a mixed neighbourhood with many flats — a little over half are single-family — and four in ten households single-person. The average home value is €498,000, above the national midpoint. At just over 24 crimes per thousand present, crime hovers near the median; the station is almost four kilometres away.
- no. 3,281 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 10 of 21 in De Bilt
How De Bilt West scores
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The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 160 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
The age profile of De Bilt West looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1517%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4523%
NL median 22%
- 45–6526%
NL median 28%
- 65+25%
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
32% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,840 — 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
How is the grade for De Bilt West calculated?
De Bilt West scores 8.1 as its total score. That grade is a national position: we weigh four equally heavy scores — safety, amenities, wealth & income and quiet & nature — and see where De Bilt West lands among every neighbourhood in the Netherlands. So it is not the mean of the four grades, but a place in the queue. All from open data published by CBS and the police.
Is De Bilt West a safe neighbourhood?
De Bilt West scores 5.5 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (24.4 per year). The national median is around 24.1.
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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