neighbourhood in Utrecht
Schepenbuurt, Cartesiusweg e.o.
1,875 residents · postal code 3534 · Part of West, Utrecht
Well-off, but not spacious
At more than sixty-six decibels, Schepenbuurt, Cartesiusweg e.o. is among the noisiest neighbourhoods in the country — almost fifteen decibels above the national median. That alone all but explains the 4.1 for quiet & nature, because population density here is actually low and there is more water than average. The green share does not reach thirty per cent.
The total number of recorded offences runs at almost three times the national middle, and it is almost entirely property crime. Burglary barely occurs here and violence sits only just above the median: the profile of an area where things go missing, not of one where you stay indoors after dark.
The wealth & income pillar, an 8.7, looks good on every component — high and low incomes, no social assistance, little vacancy, and a property value above the median. Only one in twenty residents is 65 or over.
- no. 7,107 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 52 of 107 in Utrecht
How Schepenbuurt, Cartesiusweg e.o. scores
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Is Schepenbuurt, Cartesiusweg e.o. a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Schepenbuurt, Cartesiusweg e.o. comes out at 66 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Schepenbuurt, Cartesiusweg e.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 281 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
Schepenbuurt, Cartesiusweg e.o. has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 53%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1517%
NL median 14%
- 15–259%
NL median 11%
- 25–4553%
NL median 22%
- 45–6515%
NL median 28%
- 65+5%
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
48% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
26% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,756 — less 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 Schepenbuurt, Cartesiusweg e.o. a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Schepenbuurt, Cartesiusweg e.o. comes out at 66 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Schepenbuurt, Cartesiusweg e.o. 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 Schepenbuurt, Cartesiusweg e.o.?
In Schepenbuurt, Cartesiusweg e.o. the police recorded 281 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (66 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 Schepenbuurt, Cartesiusweg e.o. calculated?
Schepenbuurt, Cartesiusweg e.o. scores 5.9 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 Schepenbuurt, Cartesiusweg e.o. 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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