neighbourhood in Utrecht
Nieuw Hoograven-Zuid
4,245 residents · postal code 3525 · Part of Zuid, Utrecht
Good for children, with a safety question
A property value just below the national median next to a number of social assistance benefits more than ten times the national level: that is what Nieuw Hoograven-Zuid turns on. Homes here are not cheap, residents on average have little to spend. Because property value weighs heaviest in the wealth & income pillar, it still lands on a 3.7 rather than lower.
The noise level is more than ten decibels above the median and pushes quiet & nature down to a 4.2, despite trees above the national median.
All four offence types are above the median, violence almost twice. Against that stands a 7.7 for families: the school is close by and the share of children is above the national level. Two things that are true at once, and that anyone considering this district will have to weigh against each other.
- no. 11,940 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 102 of 107 in Utrecht
How Nieuw Hoograven-Zuid scores
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Is Nieuw Hoograven-Zuid a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Nieuw Hoograven-Zuid comes out at 42 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Nieuw Hoograven-Zuid is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 233 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
Nieuw Hoograven-Zuid has strikingly few residents aged 65 and over: 9%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1521%
NL median 14%
- 15–2517%
NL median 11%
- 25–4532%
NL median 22%
- 45–6522%
NL median 28%
- 65+9%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
49% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
36% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,952 — 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 Nieuw Hoograven-Zuid a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Nieuw Hoograven-Zuid comes out at 42 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Nieuw Hoograven-Zuid 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 Nieuw Hoograven-Zuid?
In Nieuw Hoograven-Zuid the police recorded 233 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 Nieuw Hoograven-Zuid calculated?
Nieuw Hoograven-Zuid scores 3.2 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 Nieuw Hoograven-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.
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