neighbourhood in Nieuwegein

Rijnhuizen

2,250 residents · postal code 3439 · Part of Rijnhuizen, Nieuwegein

Bottom 10% in the Netherlands

Spacious and quiet, but not set up for children

Rijnhuizen scores a 3.2 overall, and the reason can be read off the distances. The supermarket is more than two kilometres away, the GP just as far, the primary school two, the station almost seven. That produces a 4.7 for amenities and a 3.1 for families — the latter being almost two thirds school distance, and that distance here is roughly double what is usual.

The housing stock is unusual: under a tenth is single-family and more than half dates from after the turn of the century, while over half of households consist of one person. In income terms this is not a poor area — the share of low incomes lies far below the national middle — but property values stay beneath it and vacancy runs up to double the median.

On safety, a 4.2, property crime is the engine: more than twice the national median, while violence stays just below it.

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no. 29 of 34 in Nieuwegein

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Is Rijnhuizen a safe neighbourhood?

The figures ⌄

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

37.2 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.2 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.8 per 1,000

Property crime

20.8 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.9 per 1,000

In 2025, 143 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

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Amenities

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Supermarket

2.4 km

GP practice

2.3 km

Train station

6.6 km

Restaurant

1.2 km

Hospital

3.1 km

Café

2.1 km

Library

2.8 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

€ 354,000

Welfare recipients

8.9 per 1,000

High incomes

24%

Low incomes

22%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

28%

Social housing

14%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

Built after 2000

60%

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

2,732 inw/km²

Noise level

52 dB

Green surroundings

48%

Trees nearby

15%

Water share

10%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,537

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.2 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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Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.

Primary school

2.0 km

Households with children

15%

Childcare

1.8 km

Secondary school

0.7 km

Residents under 15

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Rijnhuizen has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 62%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–159%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4562%
NL median 22%
45–6513%
NL median 28%
65+6%
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
1.6 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
54% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
15% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,732 — 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 Rijnhuizen a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Rijnhuizen comes out at 37 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Rijnhuizen is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes. 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 Rijnhuizen?

In Rijnhuizen the police recorded 143 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (37 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 Rijnhuizen calculated?

Rijnhuizen scores 3.2 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 Rijnhuizen 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.