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Hoog-Catharijne NS en Jaarbeurs

2,935 residents · postal code 3511 · Part of Binnenstad, Utrecht

  • no. 5,499 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 53 of 107 in Utrecht
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Scores per pillar

This district around Utrecht Centraal and the Jaarbeurs is barely a residential area: hardly any owner-occupied homes (12 per cent), no single-family houses and more than half living alone. The crime rate is extreme at 615 per 1,000 people present, almost entirely explained by the huge station footfall, putting safety at 3.7. Amenities (8.5) and the social score (8.8) are high; the total comes to 6.8.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
0.4 km
General practitioner
1.0 km
Primary school
0.8 km
Secondary school
1.1 km
Childcare
0.8 km
Train station
1.4 km
Hospital
3.1 km
Restaurant
0.3 km
Café
0.6 km
Library
1.3 km

Safety

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

Total crimes
615.1
Violent crimes
26.7
Burglaries
0.2

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 435,000
Owner-occupied
12%
Single-family homes
1%
Built after 2000
61%
Income per resident
–

Who lives here

0–15 5%15–25 10%25–45 67%45–65 14%65+ 4%
Average household size
1.5
Households with children
6%
Single-person households
56%
Residents per km²
2,845

Nearby neighbourhoods

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3.9

Lombok-Oost

Utrecht

4.3

Lange Elisabethstraat, Mariaplaats en omgeving

Utrecht

6.0

Dichterswijk

Utrecht

9.5

Hooch Boulandt

Utrecht

8.5

Wijk C

Utrecht

4.7

Similar neighbourhoods

Einighausen

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6.8

Frederik Hendrikbuurt-Zuidwest

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6.8

Oranjebuurt

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6.8

Uilenburg

Amsterdam

6.8

Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Hoog-Catharijne NS en Jaarbeurs calculated?

Hoog-Catharijne NS en Jaarbeurs scores 6.8 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 Hoog-Catharijne NS en Jaarbeurs a safe neighbourhood?

Hoog-Catharijne NS en Jaarbeurs scores 3.7 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (615.1 per year). The national median is around 24.1.