neighbourhood in Utrecht

Rivierenwijk

9,155 residents · postal code 3522 · Part of Zuidwest, Utrecht

Top 32% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

The number of registered offences in the Rivierenwijk lies below the Dutch middle, and yet there is a 5.1 for safety. That is because the individual types carry most of the weight, and here all four lie above the median: violence, burglary, theft and vandalism. A neighbourhood can therefore look quieter in the total than the score suggests.

Wealth shows a split. The property value lies above the Dutch median and more than a quarter of the households reach a high income, but social assistance comes out at more than three times the national level. Here that goes together in the same streets.

The 8.5 for families does not come from the children — fewer than three in ten households have them. It is the primary school four hundred metres away that carries that score.

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no. 30 of 107 in Utrecht

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Is Rivierenwijk a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Rivierenwijk 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

22.5 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.6 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.8 per 1,000

Property crime

10.3 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.4 per 1,000

In 2025, 293 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

0.6 km

Train station

1.3 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

2.5 km

Café

0.6 km

Library

1.0 km

Motorway ramp

2.1 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

€ 487,000

Welfare recipients

27.3 per 1,000

High incomes

28%

Low incomes

35%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

46%

Social housing

36%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

48%

Built after 2000

13%

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

12,813 inw/km²

Noise level

55 dB

Green surroundings

27%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

4,815

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

0.4 km

Households with children

26%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

0.8 km

Residents under 15

15%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Rivierenwijk has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 38%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1515%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4538%
NL median 22%
45–6523%
NL median 28%
65+12%
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
1.9 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
49% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
26% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
12,813 — 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 Rivierenwijk a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Rivierenwijk 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 Rivierenwijk?

In Rivierenwijk the police recorded 293 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 Rivierenwijk calculated?

Rivierenwijk scores 7.6 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 Rivierenwijk 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.