neighbourhood in Utrecht

Schaakbuurt en omgeving

4,610 residents · postal code 3554 · Part of Noordwest, Utrecht

Top 43% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, safety lags

A property value above the national median, a top income group slightly wider than nationally, and a social assistance rate at more than six times the middle: the Schaakbuurt has them all at once. That spread, not one bad figure, is why the wealth pillar comes out at 5.1. The average here describes nobody.

The 3.5 for safety comes mainly from theft and vandalism, both well above the median, while violence is barely above it. Anyone leaving their bike outside here runs more risk than anyone walking home at night.

The 8.6 for families is earned on distance: school, supermarket and GP are all within four hundred metres. For a place with nearly ten thousand residents per square kilometre a 5.3 for quiet & nature is also strikingly high — that comes from trees and water, not from space.

no. 5,613 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 39 of 107 in Utrecht

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Is Schaakbuurt en omgeving a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Schaakbuurt en omgeving comes out at 33 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

32.8 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.4 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.5 per 1,000

Property crime

16.1 per 1,000

Vandalism

4.3 per 1,000

In 2025, 206 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

0.3 km

GP practice

0.4 km

Train station

2.3 km

Restaurant

0.4 km

Hospital

3.5 km

Café

0.7 km

Library

0.4 km

Motorway ramp

2.4 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

€ 438,000

Welfare recipients

47.7 per 1,000

High incomes

20%

Low incomes

41%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

46%

Social housing

42%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

38%

Built after 2000

34%

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

9,463 inw/km²

Noise level

53 dB

Green surroundings

43%

Trees nearby

13%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

3,958

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.6 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

31%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

1.9 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Schaakbuurt en omgeving has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 35%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–2513%
NL median 11%
25–4535%
NL median 22%
45–6524%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
43% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
31% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
9,463 — 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 Schaakbuurt en omgeving a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Schaakbuurt en omgeving comes out at 33 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 Schaakbuurt en omgeving?

In Schaakbuurt en omgeving the police recorded 206 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (33 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 Schaakbuurt en omgeving calculated?

Schaakbuurt en omgeving scores 6.8 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 Schaakbuurt 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.