neighbourhood in Utrecht
Laan van Nieuw-Guinea, Spinozaweg e.o.
4,250 residents · postal code 3531 · Part of West, Utrecht
Everything close by, safety lags
Of the more than forty reported offences per thousand residents the vast majority is theft, while violence is actually below the national median. That is the profile of a busy stretch of city where things go missing, not of a district where you would rather stay in after dark — and a 3.6 for safety does not make that distinction visible.
Amenities come to a 9.5: shop, GP, school and restaurant are around the corner, the station slightly further. That same density holds quiet & nature at a 4.2, with greenery far below the median.
Those who live here mostly live alone: almost six in ten households consist of one person and the share of children is far below the national level. The 7.4 for families therefore comes from the short distance to school, not from the number of children on the street.
- no. 6,522 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 48 of 107 in Utrecht
How Laan van Nieuw-Guinea, Spinozaweg e.o. scores
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Is Laan van Nieuw-Guinea, Spinozaweg e.o. a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Laan van Nieuw-Guinea, Spinozaweg e.o. comes out at 42 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Laan van Nieuw-Guinea, Spinozaweg e.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 275 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
Laan van Nieuw-Guinea, Spinozaweg e.o. has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 48%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1510%
NL median 14%
- 15–2516%
NL median 11%
- 25–4548%
NL median 22%
- 45–6518%
NL median 28%
- 65+8%
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
1.7 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
57% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
17% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
14,242 — 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 Laan van Nieuw-Guinea, Spinozaweg e.o. a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Laan van Nieuw-Guinea, Spinozaweg e.o. comes out at 42 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Laan van Nieuw-Guinea, Spinozaweg e.o. 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 Laan van Nieuw-Guinea, Spinozaweg e.o.?
In Laan van Nieuw-Guinea, Spinozaweg e.o. the police recorded 275 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (42 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 Laan van Nieuw-Guinea, Spinozaweg e.o. calculated?
Laan van Nieuw-Guinea, Spinozaweg e.o. scores 6.3 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 Laan van Nieuw-Guinea, Spinozaweg e.o. 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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