neighbourhood in Utrecht

Lunetten-Zuid

7,000 residents · postal code 3524 · Part of Zuid, Utrecht

Bottom 38% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, safety lags

The property value in Lunetten-Zuid comes out exactly on the national median, and yet the wealth pillar gets stuck at a 5.4. That difference lies not in the homes but in the incomes: the social assistance density is a multiple above the usual level, while the spread across high and low incomes barely differs from the rest of the country. Vacancy plays no part in it either.

With safety, a 3.8, violence, burglary, theft and vandalism all four rise above the national median, but the outlier is theft: almost double what is normal elsewhere. The other types rise only just above it.

Less obvious is what the quiet pillar does. The noise level here lies considerably above what a Dutch neighbourhood has to put up with on average. That the pillar nevertheless achieves a 6.3 is because greenery and tree canopy in the surroundings both come out well above that level.

no. 8,127 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 61 of 107 in Utrecht

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Is Lunetten-Zuid a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Lunetten-Zuid comes out at 35 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

The figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

35.2 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.6 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.8 per 1,000

Property crime

17.6 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.1 per 1,000

In 2025, 337 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

1.0 km

GP practice

0.7 km

Train station

2.9 km

Restaurant

0.7 km

Hospital

3.8 km

Café

1.1 km

Library

1.0 km

Motorway ramp

2.3 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

€ 422,000

Welfare recipients

37.1 per 1,000

High incomes

21%

Low incomes

38%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

50%

Social housing

48%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

53%

Built after 2000

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

3,424 inw/km²

Noise level

62 dB

Green surroundings

61%

Trees nearby

15%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,044

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.5 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

0.7 km

Households with children

28%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

1.5 km

Residents under 15

15%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Lunetten-Zuid has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 32%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1515%
NL median 14%
15–2513%
NL median 11%
25–4532%
NL median 22%
45–6527%
NL median 28%
65+14%
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
50% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
28% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,424 — 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 Lunetten-Zuid a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Lunetten-Zuid comes out at 35 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. 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 Lunetten-Zuid?

In Lunetten-Zuid the police recorded 337 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (35 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 Lunetten-Zuid calculated?

Lunetten-Zuid scores 5.3 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 Lunetten-Zuid 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.