neighbourhood in Utrecht

Kanaleneiland-Noord

8,535 residents · postal code 3527 · Part of Zuidwest, Utrecht

Bottom 21% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

A 7.1 for families alongside a 3.4 for wealth: both scores are correct, but they measure something completely different. Almost two thirds of the families pillar consists of the distance to school and childcare, and in Kanaleneiland-Noord the primary school is a couple of hundred metres' walk away. The share of children is not particularly high; the score comes from the proximity.

The wealth score is not in the first place depressed by the property value, though that does stay below the Dutch middle. It is social assistance: that lies at a multiple of what is usual elsewhere, and almost half of the households sit in the lowest incomes. What is striking is what does not happen. Burglary occurs less often in Kanaleneiland-Noord than the national average; it is violence and vandalism that pull the safety score down.

no. 10,397 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 89 of 107 in Utrecht

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Is Kanaleneiland-Noord a safe neighbourhood?

The figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

38.3 per 1,000

Violent crime

4.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.4 per 1,000

Property crime

18.3 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.6 per 1,000

In 2025, 454 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

0.3 km

GP practice

0.7 km

Train station

3.0 km

Restaurant

0.3 km

Hospital

4.2 km

Café

1.1 km

Library

0.9 km

Motorway ramp

1.9 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

€ 329,000

Welfare recipients

64.4 per 1,000

High incomes

15%

Low incomes

48%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

16%

Social housing

38%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

10%

Built after 2000

27%

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

14,078 inw/km²

Noise level

56 dB

Green surroundings

37%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

3,359

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

0.5 km

Households with children

23%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

0.9 km

Residents under 15

13%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Kanaleneiland-Noord has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 44%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1513%
NL median 14%
15–2519%
NL median 11%
25–4544%
NL median 22%
45–6517%
NL median 28%
65+7%
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
1.9 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
55% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
23% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
14,078 — 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 Kanaleneiland-Noord a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Kanaleneiland-Noord comes out at 38 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Kanaleneiland-Noord 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 Kanaleneiland-Noord?

In Kanaleneiland-Noord the police recorded 454 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (38 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 Kanaleneiland-Noord calculated?

Kanaleneiland-Noord scores 4.0 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 Kanaleneiland-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.