neighbourhood in Utrecht

Tuinwijk-Oost

2,775 residents · postal code 3514 · Part of Noordoost, Utrecht

Top 10% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

What disappears in Tuinwijk-Oost is bicycles and belongings. Theft here is more than double the national middle and on its own makes up most of the total, while violence sits far below it and burglary practically on the median. That is the profile of a busy city neighbourhood, not of one where you would rather stay indoors after dark — but the 5.8 for safety does not show that distinction.

The 9.9 for amenities fits the picture: supermarket, GP, restaurant and station are all between a few hundred metres and one and a half kilometres away. Few neighbourhoods in the Netherlands do better on this point.

The flip side is the 4.6 for quiet & nature. Greenery around the neighbourhood stays well below the national middle, noise is above it and more than eight thousand people live per square kilometre. With a property value well above the Dutch middle and almost twice as many high incomes as nationally, this is a sought-after spot, and the price shows it.

no. 1,219 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 9 of 107 in Utrecht

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Is Tuinwijk-Oost a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Tuinwijk-Oost comes out at 35 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

34.6 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.2 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.7 per 1,000

Property crime

22.7 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.9 per 1,000

In 2025, 165 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

0.4 km

Train station

1.6 km

Restaurant

0.2 km

Hospital

2.0 km

Café

0.3 km

Library

0.4 km

Motorway ramp

2.2 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

€ 599,000

Welfare recipients

10.8 per 1,000

High incomes

36%

Low incomes

33%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

63%

Social housing

14%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

47%

Built after 2000

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

8,150 inw/km²

Noise level

54 dB

Green surroundings

38%

Trees nearby

11%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

5,919

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.7 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

0.6 km

Households with children

26%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

0.8 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Tuinwijk-Oost has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 35%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–2514%
NL median 11%
25–4535%
NL median 22%
45–6524%
NL median 28%
65+11%
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
8,150 — 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 Tuinwijk-Oost a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Tuinwijk-Oost comes out at 35 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 Tuinwijk-Oost?

In Tuinwijk-Oost the police recorded 165 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (35 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 Tuinwijk-Oost calculated?

Tuinwijk-Oost scores 9.3 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 Tuinwijk-Oost 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.