neighbourhood in Utrecht
Hoog-Catharijne NS en Jaarbeurs
2,935 residents · postal code 3511 · Part of Binnenstad, Utrecht
Everything close by, little space
The number of reported offences per thousand residents in Hoog-Catharijne NS en Jaarbeurs is a multiple of what holds elsewhere in the country, and that figure needs explaining before you draw anything from it. It divides all reported offences by the people who live there, and there are few of them — under three thousand. Anyone living here should not read the figure as a risk that applies to them personally.
The breakdown by type is skewed as well. Property offences make up almost the whole total; domestic burglary is in fact far below the national median.
Wealth & income stands at a 6.2, and that is a mixed picture. The income side is pronounced: higher incomes well above and lower ones far below the national level. But the social assistance rate is well above the median and vacancy at more than double it, and those two hold the score where it is.
- no. 10,565 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 90 of 107 in Utrecht
How Hoog-Catharijne NS en Jaarbeurs scores
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Is Hoog-Catharijne NS en Jaarbeurs a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Hoog-Catharijne NS en Jaarbeurs comes out at 615 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Hoog-Catharijne NS en Jaarbeurs 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, 3,675 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
Hoog-Catharijne NS en Jaarbeurs has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 67%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–155%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4567%
NL median 22%
- 45–6514%
NL median 28%
- 65+4%
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
1.5 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
56% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
6% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,845 — 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 Hoog-Catharijne NS en Jaarbeurs a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Hoog-Catharijne NS en Jaarbeurs comes out at 615 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Hoog-Catharijne NS en Jaarbeurs 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 Hoog-Catharijne NS en Jaarbeurs?
In Hoog-Catharijne NS en Jaarbeurs the police recorded 3,675 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (615 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 Hoog-Catharijne NS en Jaarbeurs calculated?
Hoog-Catharijne NS en Jaarbeurs scores 3.9 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 Hoog-Catharijne NS en Jaarbeurs 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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