neighbourhood in Utrecht

Elinkwijk en omgeving

4,340 residents · postal code 3553 · Part of Noordwest, Utrecht

Bottom 41% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

Quiet & nature in Elinkwijk en omgeving stands at a 2.5, and only a few dozen neighbourhoods in the Netherlands score lower. Every component of that pillar falls badly here: more than thirteen thousand residents per square kilometre, green space at half the national median, a noise level of almost sixty decibels and no water.

Against it stands a 9.7 for amenities — restaurant two hundred metres away, supermarket, GP and school within four hundred. That is the same characteristic counted twice: living close together means living close to everything.

The wealth & income pillar comes out at a 6.0, with property values almost exactly on the national median and an upper layer larger than nationally. The social assistance rate is more than double and keeps the score where it is.

no. 7,793 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 58 of 107 in Utrecht

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Is Elinkwijk en omgeving a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Elinkwijk en omgeving comes out at 29 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

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Safety

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

Total crime

29.1 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.3 per 1,000

Burglaries

2.0 per 1,000

Property crime

15.0 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 185 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

0.4 km

GP practice

0.4 km

Train station

1.8 km

Restaurant

0.2 km

Hospital

3.5 km

Café

0.7 km

Library

0.6 km

Motorway ramp

3.0 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

€ 425,000

Welfare recipients

18.4 per 1,000

High incomes

25%

Low incomes

33%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

62%

Social housing

15%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

51%

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

13,077 inw/km²

Noise level

59 dB

Green surroundings

26%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

3,398

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.7 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

18%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

1.9 km

Residents under 15

12%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Elinkwijk en omgeving has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 48%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1512%
NL median 14%
15–2514%
NL median 11%
25–4548%
NL median 22%
45–6518%
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
1.7 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
55% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
18% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
13,077 — 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 Elinkwijk en omgeving a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Elinkwijk en omgeving 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 Elinkwijk en omgeving?

In Elinkwijk en omgeving the police recorded 185 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 Elinkwijk en omgeving calculated?

Elinkwijk en omgeving scores 5.5 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 Elinkwijk 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.