neighbourhood in Utrecht

Lange Nieuwstraat en omgeving

2,660 residents · postal code 3512 · Part of Binnenstad, Utrecht

Bottom 44% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, safety lags

The violence figure for Lange Nieuwstraat en omgeving runs almost five times the Dutch median and property crime more than five times. That makes this city-centre neighbourhood no place where only bicycles disappear: both heavy components of the safety pillar point upwards, and together they produce a 2.7.

The wealth & income pillar reaches an entirely different level at 7.6, carried by a property value almost one and a half times the Dutch median and a top income group well above the national one. One component is out of step: vacancy here is three times the middle. In a part of the Utrecht city centre where two thirds of households consist of one person and the share of children is among the lowest in the country, that is a signal about the housing market you do not see in the overall score.

no. 7,440 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 54 of 107 in Utrecht

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Is Lange Nieuwstraat en omgeving 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

78.1 per 1,000

Violent crime

10.7 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.8 per 1,000

Property crime

51.2 per 1,000

Vandalism

5.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 399 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

0.6 km

GP practice

0.7 km

Train station

1.0 km

Restaurant

0.1 km

Hospital

1.7 km

Café

0.2 km

Library

1.6 km

Motorway ramp

2.5 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

€ 615,000

Welfare recipients

11.3 per 1,000

High incomes

30%

Low incomes

34%

Vacancy

12%

Owner-occupied

36%

Social housing

16%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

28%

Built after 2000

13%

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

12,620 inw/km²

Noise level

55 dB

Green surroundings

32%

Trees nearby

14%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

5,661

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.8 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

0.6 km

Households with children

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

1.2 km

Residents under 15

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Lange Nieuwstraat en omgeving has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 45%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–155%
NL median 14%
15–2518%
NL median 11%
25–4545%
NL median 22%
45–6520%
NL median 28%
65+12%
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
66% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
9% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
12,620 — 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 Lange Nieuwstraat en omgeving a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Lange Nieuwstraat en omgeving comes out at 78 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Lange Nieuwstraat en omgeving 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 Lange Nieuwstraat en omgeving?

In Lange Nieuwstraat en omgeving the police recorded 399 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (78 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 Lange Nieuwstraat en omgeving calculated?

Lange Nieuwstraat en omgeving scores 5.7 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 Lange Nieuwstraat en omgeving 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.