neighbourhood in Utrecht

Pijlsweerd-Noord

2,130 residents · postal code 3513 · Part of Noordwest, Utrecht

Bottom 16% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

Few neighbourhoods in the Netherlands score as low on quiet & nature as Pijlsweerd-Noord: a 2.5, which puts it near the bottom of the national list. Everything points the same way — more than ten thousand residents on a square kilometre, greenery at half the national median, a tree canopy below it, noise above it and no open water.

The crime picture is that of an urban fringe. Property crime is far above the national median and burglary stands out too, while violence stays below the median. So this is a neighbourhood where things disappear, not one where you avoid the street at night — a difference the 4.3 itself does not tell you.

Amenities match: an 8.9, with restaurant, supermarket and GP all within walking distance. Living here means trading space for reach, quite literally.

no. 11,045 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 95 of 107 in Utrecht

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Is Pijlsweerd-Noord a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Pijlsweerd-Noord 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

35.1 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.3 per 1,000

Burglaries

3.2 per 1,000

Property crime

19.2 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.8 per 1,000

In 2025, 108 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

0.5 km

GP practice

0.8 km

Train station

2.1 km

Restaurant

0.3 km

Hospital

2.8 km

Café

0.5 km

Library

1.4 km

Motorway ramp

3.4 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

€ 404,000

Welfare recipients

42.3 per 1,000

High incomes

21%

Low incomes

41%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

39%

Social housing

42%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

42%

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

10,411 inw/km²

Noise level

58 dB

Green surroundings

26%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

5,589

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.8 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

21%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

0.7 km

Residents under 15

12%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

0–1512%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4545%
NL median 22%
45–6520%
NL median 28%
65+10%
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
1.8 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
54% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
21% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
10,411 — 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 Pijlsweerd-Noord a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Pijlsweerd-Noord 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 Pijlsweerd-Noord?

In Pijlsweerd-Noord the police recorded 108 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 Pijlsweerd-Noord calculated?

Pijlsweerd-Noord scores 3.7 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 Pijlsweerd-Noord 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.