neighbourhood in Nieuwegein

Zuilenstein-Zuid

2,480 residents · postal code 3438 · Part of Zuilenstein, Nieuwegein

Bottom 48% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, safety lags

Zuilenstein-Zuid combines a 7.2 for quiet & nature with a 3.5 for safety, and that is less contradictory than it looks: crime does not sit in the quiet pillar. That one measures density, noise, greenery, trees and water, and the noise level here is exactly on the Dutch average while the tree canopy is twice as dense as is usual nationally.

The safety figure, though, is broad. Violence, burglary and theft are all three above the national median, only vandalism is not. With almost two and a half thousand residents these are enough records not to be put down to chance. For families the neighbourhood produces an 8.0, with the primary school six hundred metres away, and the railway station is the only genuinely distant point among the amenities.

no. 6,862 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 18 of 34 in Nieuwegein

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Is Zuilenstein-Zuid a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Zuilenstein-Zuid comes out at 31 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

31.0 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.4 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.7 per 1,000

Property crime

13.8 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 100 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.

Supermarket

0.7 km

GP practice

0.5 km

Train station

6.2 km

Restaurant

0.4 km

Hospital

2.8 km

Café

0.8 km

Library

1.8 km

Motorway ramp

2.4 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

€ 387,000

Welfare recipients

20.2 per 1,000

High incomes

18%

Low incomes

38%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

56%

Social housing

36%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

67%

Built after 2000

15%

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

5,182 inw/km²

Noise level

51 dB

Green surroundings

53%

Trees nearby

18%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,254

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

0.6 km

Households with children

34%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

2.2 km

Residents under 15

18%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

0–1518%
NL median 14%
15–259%
NL median 11%
25–4526%
NL median 22%
45–6524%
NL median 28%
65+23%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
37% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
34% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,182 — 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-Zuid a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Zuilenstein-Zuid comes out at 31 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-Zuid?

In Zuilenstein-Zuid the police recorded 100 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (31 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-Zuid calculated?

Zuilenstein-Zuid scores 6.1 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-Zuid 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.