neighbourhood in Utrecht
Breedstraat en Plompetorengracht en omgeving
2,685 residents · postal code 3512 · Part of Binnenstad, Utrecht
Everything close by, safety lags
A 2.7 for safety is a harsh figure, and in Breedstraat en Plompetorengracht en omgeving you can see where it comes from: property offences here run more than four times the national middle and violence more than twice. Both categories are therefore above the median, which only half covers the classic city-centre story about vanished bicycles.
Less visible, and perhaps more important for anyone considering living here: vacancy is almost three times the Dutch level. That is one of the seven components of the wealth & income pillar and it is the reason that pillar gets no higher than 6.5 despite a property value well above the median. In a neighbourhood where seven in ten households consist of one person and the share of children is among the lowest in the country, that vacancy is no marginal detail.
- no. 8,490 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 69 of 107 in Utrecht
How Breedstraat en Plompetorengracht en omgeving scores
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Is Breedstraat en Plompetorengracht en omgeving a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Breedstraat en Plompetorengracht en omgeving comes out at 64 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Breedstraat en Plompetorengracht en omgeving is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most 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, 354 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
Breedstraat en Plompetorengracht en omgeving has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 48%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–154%
NL median 14%
- 15–2523%
NL median 11%
- 25–4548%
NL median 22%
- 45–6516%
NL median 28%
- 65+9%
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
1.4 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
72% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
6% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
16,001 — 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 Breedstraat en Plompetorengracht en omgeving a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Breedstraat en Plompetorengracht en omgeving comes out at 64 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Breedstraat en Plompetorengracht en omgeving 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 Breedstraat en Plompetorengracht en omgeving?
In Breedstraat en Plompetorengracht en omgeving the police recorded 354 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (64 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 Breedstraat en Plompetorengracht en omgeving calculated?
Breedstraat en Plompetorengracht en omgeving scores 5.1 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 Breedstraat en Plompetorengracht en omgeving 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.
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