neighbourhood in Utrecht

Terwijde-West

5,300 residents · postal code 3543 · Part of Leidsche Rijn, Utrecht

Top 34% in the Netherlands

Well-off, but not carefree

Burglary is registered in Terwijde-West almost four times as often as in the average Dutch neighbourhood, and after violence that is the heaviest component of the safety pillar. Violence itself is in fact below it. That is how a new, wealthy neighbourhood still comes out at a 4.0: the risk here lies in the home, not on the street.

That wealth is certainly there. With a property value far above the Dutch middle and more households at the top end of the income distribution than usual, that pillar stands at a 8.8. Strikingly, the share of residents on social assistance is slightly above the national figure, which with such house prices is not obvious.

What is missing is proximity: the shop, the GP and a restaurant are all a little more than a kilometre away, and that keeps the amenities at a 6.6.

no. 4,371 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 32 of 107 in Utrecht

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Is Terwijde-West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Terwijde-West comes out at 30 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

29.5 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

2.2 per 1,000

Property crime

14.6 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.4 per 1,000

In 2025, 214 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.

Supermarket

1.2 km

GP practice

1.2 km

Train station

1.6 km

Restaurant

1.2 km

Hospital

2.6 km

Café

2.8 km

Library

1.1 km

Motorway ramp

1.8 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

€ 637,000

Welfare recipients

13.2 per 1,000

High incomes

35%

Low incomes

34%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

61%

Social housing

23%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

70%

Built after 2000

99%

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

6,035 inw/km²

Noise level

52 dB

Green surroundings

45%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,619

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.1 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

0.7 km

Households with children

53%

Childcare

0.8 km

Secondary school

2.3 km

Residents under 15

20%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Terwijde-West has strikingly few residents aged 65 and over: 9%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1520%
NL median 14%
15–2515%
NL median 11%
25–4527%
NL median 22%
45–6529%
NL median 28%
65+9%
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
2.7 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
25% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
53% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,035 — 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 Terwijde-West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Terwijde-West comes out at 30 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 Terwijde-West?

In Terwijde-West the police recorded 214 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (30 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 Terwijde-West calculated?

Terwijde-West scores 7.5 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 Terwijde-West 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.