neighbourhood in Utrecht

Oud Hoograven-Zuid

2,515 residents · postal code 3525 · Part of Zuid, Utrecht

Top 45% in the Netherlands

Well-off, but not spacious

Property offences in Oud Hoograven-Zuid are recorded at more than double the national level, while violence stays below the Dutch median. That is the profile of a busy urban neighbourhood where safety is measured mainly on the street and not behind the front door; the 5.6 that comes out says something different from the same score built on violence figures.

Wealth & income comes out at 7.5, but that figure covers two worlds. Almost four in ten households have a high income, well above the national share, and at the same time the social assistance rate here is more than twice the middle. The property value, by far the heaviest component, pulls the score up. Quiet & nature lags behind at 4.1: density and noise are both above average.

no. 5,842 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 42 of 107 in Utrecht

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Is Oud Hoograven-Zuid a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Oud Hoograven-Zuid comes out at 33 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

32.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.2 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.9 per 1,000

Property crime

20.2 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 111 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

0.8 km

GP practice

1.0 km

Train station

2.1 km

Restaurant

0.9 km

Hospital

3.4 km

Café

1.3 km

Library

1.5 km

Motorway ramp

1.9 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

€ 479,000

Welfare recipients

19.9 per 1,000

High incomes

39%

Low incomes

28%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

57%

Social housing

13%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

66%

Built after 2000

18%

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

12,410 inw/km²

Noise level

54 dB

Green surroundings

36%

Trees nearby

10%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

3,333

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.6 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

0.9 km

Households with children

33%

Childcare

0.7 km

Secondary school

2.3 km

Residents under 15

20%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Oud Hoograven-Zuid has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 37%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1520%
NL median 14%
15–259%
NL median 11%
25–4537%
NL median 22%
45–6519%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
44% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
33% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
12,410 — 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 Oud Hoograven-Zuid a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Oud Hoograven-Zuid comes out at 33 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 Oud Hoograven-Zuid?

In Oud Hoograven-Zuid the police recorded 111 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (33 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 Oud Hoograven-Zuid calculated?

Oud Hoograven-Zuid scores 6.6 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 Oud 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.