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Lauwerecht

3,260 residents · postal code 3515 · Part of Noordoost, Utrecht

  • no. 5,546 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 55 of 107 in Utrecht

Scores per pillar

Two-thirds of households in Lauwerecht are single-person, and families are scarce — barely seven percent of residents are under fifteen. At close to 14,000 residents per square kilometre, it is extremely densely built. Amenities score 9.3, with a restaurant two hundred metres away. Safety and nature form the counterweight at 3.1 and 3.2. At €435,000, home values sit just above the national median.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
0.5 km
General practitioner
0.8 km
Primary school
0.6 km
Secondary school
0.9 km
Childcare
0.4 km
Train station
2.0 km
Hospital
2.3 km
Restaurant
0.2 km
Café
0.6 km
Library
1.0 km

Safety

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

Total crimes
36.0
Violent crimes
2.4
Burglaries
1.1

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 435,000
Owner-occupied
29%
Single-family homes
24%
Built after 2000
52%
Income per resident
€ 42,000

Who lives here

0–15 7%15–25 15%25–45 52%45–65 19%65+ 8%
Average household size
1.5
Households with children
11%
Single-person households
67%
Residents per km²
13,997

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Lauwerecht calculated?

Lauwerecht 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 Lauwerecht a safe neighbourhood?

Lauwerecht scores 3.1 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (36.0 per year). The national median is around 24.1.