neighbourhood in Utrecht
Prins Bernhardplein en omgeving
3,245 residents · postal code 3555 · Part of Noordwest, Utrecht
Everything close by, little space
The 9.4 for amenities and the 2.9 for quiet and nature in Prins Bernhardplein en omgeving are two sides of the same coin. Supermarket, GP, school and restaurant are all within half a kilometre, and that is only possible in a densely built area with little greenery and noise exposure far above the national middle.
The low safety score deserves explaining, because it describes something other than most people read into it. Property crime here is more than double the national median and burglary more than triple, while violence stays just below. That is the profile of a busy urban neighbourhood where things go missing, not of a place where something happens to you on the street at night.
The wealth pillar shows a mixed picture: high incomes are as common here as they are nationally, but the social assistance rate is far above it, and property value stays below the median.
- no. 9,133 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 72 of 107 in Utrecht
How Prins Bernhardplein en omgeving scores
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Is Prins Bernhardplein en omgeving a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Prins Bernhardplein en omgeving comes out at 36 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Prins Bernhardplein en omgeving 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, 173 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
Prins Bernhardplein en omgeving has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 39%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–2512%
NL median 11%
- 25–4539%
NL median 22%
- 45–6521%
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
1.8 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
55% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
23% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
8,864 — 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 Prins Bernhardplein en omgeving a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Prins Bernhardplein en omgeving comes out at 36 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Prins Bernhardplein en omgeving 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 Prins Bernhardplein en omgeving?
In Prins Bernhardplein en omgeving the police recorded 173 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (36 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 Prins Bernhardplein en omgeving calculated?
Prins Bernhardplein en omgeving scores 4.8 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 Prins Bernhardplein en omgeving 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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