neighbourhood in Utrecht

Halve Maan-Noord

1,840 residents · postal code 3533 · Part of West, Utrecht

Bottom 39% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, and little room

The social assistance rate in Halve Maan-Noord runs at more than eleven times the national middle. That is the component dragging the wealth & income pillar down to 4.0; the property value also stays below the median and the share of low incomes sits above it. Four of the five components point the same way here.

At the same time the neighbourhood scores a 9.3 for families. The primary school is three hundred metres away and the share of young residents is above the national middle — this is a pillar about reachability and age profile, not about income.

Almost a quarter of the surface is water, and that is the only component pushing the quiet & nature pillar up. The green share within three hundred metres does not reach thirty per cent, well under the national middle, and the building density is high. That yields a 3.6.

no. 8,079 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 60 of 107 in Utrecht

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Is Halve Maan-Noord a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Halve Maan-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.

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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

28.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.8 per 1,000

Burglaries

2.4 per 1,000

Property crime

16.0 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.1 per 1,000

In 2025, 72 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

0.7 km

GP practice

0.8 km

Train station

1.7 km

Restaurant

0.2 km

Hospital

3.9 km

Café

0.9 km

Library

0.8 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

€ 377,000

Welfare recipients

87.0 per 1,000

High incomes

18%

Low incomes

45%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

32%

Social housing

58%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

11%

Built after 2000

12%

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

9,895 inw/km²

Noise level

55 dB

Green surroundings

29%

Trees nearby

Water share

24%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

3,507

Fine particles (PM2.5)

10.0 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

0.3 km

Households with children

30%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

1.5 km

Residents under 15

19%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Halve Maan-Noord has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 36%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1519%
NL median 14%
15–2513%
NL median 11%
25–4536%
NL median 22%
45–6522%
NL median 28%
65+10%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
53% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
30% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
9,895 — 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 Halve Maan-Noord a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Halve Maan-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 Halve Maan-Noord?

In Halve Maan-Noord the police recorded 72 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 Halve Maan-Noord calculated?

Halve Maan-Noord scores 5.4 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 Halve Maan-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.