neighbourhood in Utrecht

Parkwijk-Zuid

3,765 residents · postal code 3544 · Part of Leidsche Rijn, Utrecht

Top 30% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, and little room

Almost the entire housing stock of Parkwijk-Zuid was built after 2000, and it shows in the age profile: few residents over 65, many households with children. The 9.4 for families is among the highest in the country and rests on both, with a primary school five hundred metres away.

The wealth & income pillar is harder to sum up. Property values are far above the national median and the top income group is broader than nationally, but the number of social assistance payments per thousand residents is four times the middle. A 6.8 is the result of those two opposing movements, not a description of either.

Safety lags behind at 4.2: violence, property crime and vandalism are above the national median, and burglary is exactly on it.

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no. 29 of 107 in Utrecht

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Is Parkwijk-Zuid a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Parkwijk-Zuid comes out at 34 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

33.8 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.3 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.6 per 1,000

Property crime

12.7 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 174 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

0.6 km

Train station

1.8 km

Restaurant

0.4 km

Hospital

2.5 km

Café

1.3 km

Library

1.9 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

€ 513,000

Welfare recipients

31.9 per 1,000

High incomes

25%

Low incomes

37%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

52%

Social housing

34%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

67%

Built after 2000

99%

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

9,391 inw/km²

Noise level

52 dB

Green surroundings

41%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

3,007

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.4 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

0.5 km

Households with children

40%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

0.6 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Parkwijk-Zuid has strikingly few residents aged 65 and over: 11%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–2514%
NL median 11%
25–4531%
NL median 22%
45–6529%
NL median 28%
65+11%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
35% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
40% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
9,391 — 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 Parkwijk-Zuid a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Parkwijk-Zuid comes out at 34 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 Parkwijk-Zuid?

In Parkwijk-Zuid the police recorded 174 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (34 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 Parkwijk-Zuid calculated?

Parkwijk-Zuid scores 7.8 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 Parkwijk-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.