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neighbourhood in Utrecht

Buiten Wittevrouwen

4,735 residents · postal code 3581 · Part of Oost, Utrecht

  • no. 1,734 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 23 of 107 in Utrecht

Scores per pillar

Buiten Wittevrouwen, in Utrecht's east, is expensive and thoroughly urban: an average home value of €627,000, well above the national midpoint, and a high income per resident of €45,000. Yet this is no family enclave — 71 percent of households are single-person and barely seven percent of residents are under fifteen. Social cohesion scores an 8.6, while safety stalls at 6.8. At 31 crimes per thousand people present, the streets are moderately busy.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
0.4 km
General practitioner
0.9 km
Primary school
0.5 km
Secondary school
1.0 km
Childcare
0.3 km
Train station
2.1 km
Hospital
1.9 km
Restaurant
0.3 km
Café
0.5 km
Library
1.4 km

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year (residents plus business activity, see method). Small neighbourhoods are statistically smoothed.

Total crimes
30.9
Violent crimes
0.4
Burglaries
0.6

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 627,000
Owner-occupied
41%
Single-family homes
34%
Built after 2000
1%
Income per resident
€ 45,000

Who lives here

0–15 7%15–25 24%25–45 39%45–65 17%65+ 12%
Average household size
1.5
Households with children
10%
Single-person households
71%
Residents per km²
10,133

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Buiten Wittevrouwen calculated?

Buiten Wittevrouwen scores 9.0 overall. That is a weighted average of five pillars: safety, amenities, housing, social & income, and nature & quiet. Each pillar compares this neighbourhood with every other neighbourhood in the Netherlands, using open data from CBS and the police.

Is Buiten Wittevrouwen a safe neighbourhood?

Buiten Wittevrouwen scores 6.8 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (30.9 per year). The national median is around 24.1.