neighbourhood in Utrecht

Tolsteeg en Rotsoord

4,220 residents · postal code 3523 · Part of Zuid, Utrecht

Bottom 22% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, safety lags

Forty-five property offences per thousand residents is almost five times the national median, and that number dominates the crime picture of Tolsteeg en Rotsoord. Even so, this is not a district where only things go missing: violence, burglary and vandalism are also above the median.

Seven in ten households consist of one person, and a tenth have children. That is where the 4.9 for families comes from, because the primary school is simply around the corner. Anyone living here with children lacks nothing in distance; there are just few others.

Against that stands a 9.6 for amenities, station included. That is the trade this district offers: everything within reach, and a 3.9 for quiet & nature because not a square metre is left over.

no. 10,325 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 88 of 107 in Utrecht

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Is Tolsteeg en Rotsoord a safe 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

60.5 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.8 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.0 per 1,000

Property crime

44.5 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.9 per 1,000

In 2025, 385 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

0.4 km

GP practice

0.9 km

Train station

0.9 km

Restaurant

0.3 km

Hospital

2.1 km

Café

0.4 km

Library

0.5 km

Motorway ramp

2.3 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

€ 351,000

Welfare recipients

23.7 per 1,000

High incomes

20%

Low incomes

37%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

32%

Social housing

30%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

12%

Built after 2000

29%

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

10,862 inw/km²

Noise level

57 dB

Green surroundings

41%

Trees nearby

12%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

4,562

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

0.7 km

Households with children

10%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

1.3 km

Residents under 15

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Tolsteeg en Rotsoord has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 54%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–158%
NL median 14%
15–2520%
NL median 11%
25–4554%
NL median 22%
45–6512%
NL median 28%
65+7%
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
1.4 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
68% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
10% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
10,862 — 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 Tolsteeg en Rotsoord a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Tolsteeg en Rotsoord comes out at 60 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Tolsteeg en Rotsoord 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 Tolsteeg en Rotsoord?

In Tolsteeg en Rotsoord the police recorded 385 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (60 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 Tolsteeg en Rotsoord calculated?

Tolsteeg en Rotsoord scores 4.1 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 Tolsteeg en Rotsoord 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.