neighbourhood in Nieuwegein

Zuilenstein-Noord

2,865 residents · postal code 3438 · Part of Zuilenstein, Nieuwegein

Bottom 45% in the Netherlands

Good for children, with a safety question

Zuilenstein-Noord scores 9.5 for families: the primary school is four hundred metres away and four in ten households have children. At the same time there is a 3.5 for safety, and both figures apply to exactly the same streets.

The safety score is built from vandalism at almost twice the Dutch middle value and burglaries at three times that level; violence and property offences are above it too, though less markedly. So no component softens the score.

Wealth and income comes out at 6.0 and is almost entirely property value, which sits just below the national middle. The income distribution barely departs from the Dutch picture — the top group is exactly on the national level — but social assistance comes out at more than double it. What the neighbourhood costs you is the train: the station is more than six kilometres away.

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no. 20 of 34 in Nieuwegein

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Is Zuilenstein-Noord a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Zuilenstein-Noord comes out at 29 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.

Total crime

29.3 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.6 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.8 per 1,000

Property crime

11.5 per 1,000

Vandalism

4.1 per 1,000

In 2025, 103 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

0.9 km

GP practice

0.8 km

Train station

6.3 km

Restaurant

0.8 km

Hospital

3.1 km

Café

1.1 km

Library

2.1 km

Motorway ramp

2.5 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

€ 397,000

Welfare recipients

17.5 per 1,000

High incomes

19%

Low incomes

34%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

71%

Social housing

22%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

75%

Built after 2000

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

6,905 inw/km²

Noise level

53 dB

Green surroundings

49%

Trees nearby

14%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,431

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.3 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

0.4 km

Households with children

40%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

2.6 km

Residents under 15

18%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Zuilenstein-Noord has strikingly many children under 15: 18%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1518%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4526%
NL median 22%
45–6524%
NL median 28%
65+22%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
32% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
40% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,905 — 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 Zuilenstein-Noord a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Zuilenstein-Noord comes out at 29 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 Zuilenstein-Noord?

In Zuilenstein-Noord the police recorded 103 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (29 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 Zuilenstein-Noord calculated?

Zuilenstein-Noord scores 5.8 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 Zuilenstein-Noord 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.