neighbourhood in Utrecht

Rijnvliet

2,850 residents · postal code 3545 · Part of Leidsche Rijn, Utrecht

Top 11% in the Netherlands

Well-off, but not spacious

Rijnvliet was built almost entirely after 2000, which shows in every figure. Nearly a third of residents are under fifteen, something rarely seen in the Netherlands, and yet the amenities pillar gets no further than a 5.0. Supermarket and GP are both more than two kilometres away. The residents arrived before the shops did.

That the families pillar still reaches an 8.9 comes from the share of households with children — well over half — which makes up for the loss on school distance. The 9.6 for wealth & income stands on its own: high property value, many households in the top income group, few in the bottom one and hardly any vacancy. The price is in the quiet & nature pillar of 4.5, and here that is largely noise: the measured level lies considerably above the national median, which for a neighbourhood on the city edge with motorways nearby is also the most visible drawback.

no. 1,321 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 11 of 107 in Utrecht

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Is Rijnvliet a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Rijnvliet comes out at 23 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood.

The figures ⌄

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

23.4 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.3 per 1,000

Property crime

10.2 per 1,000

Vandalism

0.8 per 1,000

In 2025, 84 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

2.4 km

GP practice

2.4 km

Train station

3.7 km

Restaurant

0.6 km

Hospital

4.3 km

Café

2.7 km

Library

2.5 km

Motorway ramp

1.2 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

€ 733,000

Welfare recipients

10.5 per 1,000

High incomes

45%

Low incomes

18%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

56%

Social housing

12%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

67%

Built after 2000

93%

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

3,365 inw/km²

Noise level

61 dB

Green surroundings

42%

Trees nearby

Water share

15%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

860

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

1.1 km

Households with children

58%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

2.5 km

Residents under 15

32%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Rijnvliet has strikingly many children under 15: 32%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1532%
NL median 14%
15–259%
NL median 11%
25–4544%
NL median 22%
45–6513%
NL median 28%
65+2%
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
3.0 — far larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
18% — far fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
58% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,365 — 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 Rijnvliet a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Rijnvliet comes out at 23 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Rijnvliet?

In Rijnvliet the police recorded 84 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (23 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 Rijnvliet calculated?

Rijnvliet scores 9.2 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 Rijnvliet 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.