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neighbourhood in Utrecht

Hooch Boulandt

2,050 residents · postal code 3511 · Part of Binnenstad, Utrecht

  • no. 2,700 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 28 of 107 in Utrecht
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Scores per pillar

Hooch Boulandt sits in Utrecht's inner city and is a decidedly urban district: 64 per cent living alone, hardly any single-family homes and few children. Social cohesion (9.4) and amenities (9.4) score at the top, and property values reach 567,000 euro. Against that stands a safety grade of 3.9, with 50 offences per 1,000 people present, the picture of a busy centre. The overall grade still comes to 8.5. Nature, at 3.4, is the weak spot.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
0.7 km
General practitioner
0.3 km
Primary school
0.8 km
Secondary school
1.2 km
Childcare
0.3 km
Train station
1.0 km
Hospital
1.9 km
Restaurant
0.3 km
Café
0.5 km
Library
1.6 km

Safety

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

Total crimes
50.3
Violent crimes
1.2
Burglaries
1.1

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 567,000
Owner-occupied
61%
Single-family homes
4%
Built after 2000
1%
Income per resident
–

Who lives here

0–15 5%15–25 14%25–45 44%45–65 20%65+ 18%
Average household size
1.5
Households with children
7%
Single-person households
64%
Residents per km²
11,512

Nearby neighbourhoods

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4.2

Lange Nieuwstraat en omgeving

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7.5

Dichterswijk

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9.5

Hoog-Catharijne NS en Jaarbeurs

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6.8

Sterrenwijk

Utrecht

3.5

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Hooch Boulandt calculated?

Hooch Boulandt scores 8.5 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 Hooch Boulandt a safe neighbourhood?

Hooch Boulandt scores 3.9 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (50.3 per year). The national median is around 24.1.