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Lange Elisabethstraat, Mariaplaats en omgeving

1,790 residents · postal code 3511 · Part of Binnenstad, Utrecht

  • no. 7,029 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 64 of 107 in Utrecht
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Scores per pillar

Utrecht city centre in miniature: around the Mariaplaats, 72 per cent of households are single-person and just 4 per cent have children. Amenities score a near-top 9.6, with everything on foot. Safety is low at 2.6 — 206 crimes per 1,000 people present, though the footfall of shops and nightlife inflates that figure. Values of €609,000 run far above the national midpoint of €422,000.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
0.3 km
General practitioner
0.7 km
Primary school
0.6 km
Secondary school
1.1 km
Childcare
0.5 km
Train station
1.6 km
Hospital
2.3 km
Restaurant
0.0 km
Café
0.1 km
Library
0.9 km

Safety

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

Total crimes
206.0
Violent crimes
9.9
Burglaries
1.1

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 609,000
Owner-occupied
20%
Single-family homes
23%
Built after 2000
1%
Income per resident
–

Who lives here

0–15 3%15–25 22%25–45 56%45–65 12%65+ 8%
Average household size
1.3
Households with children
4%
Single-person households
72%
Residents per km²
10,766

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Lange Elisabethstraat, Mariaplaats en omgeving calculated?

Lange Elisabethstraat, Mariaplaats en omgeving scores 6.0 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 Lange Elisabethstraat, Mariaplaats en omgeving a safe neighbourhood?

Lange Elisabethstraat, Mariaplaats en omgeving scores 2.6 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (206.0 per year). The national median is around 24.1.