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Tuinwijk-West

2,305 residents · postal code 3515 · Part of Noordoost, Utrecht

  • no. 1,871 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 25 of 107 in Utrecht
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Scores per pillar

Tuinwijk-West in Utrecht's Noordoost scores high on almost every front: amenities a 9.9, social cohesion a 9.0 and an average home value of €535,000 above the national middle. The building stock is mixed — 44 percent single-family, half living alone — and almost entirely pre-2000. Safety holds the middle at 5.1, with 24.8 crimes per 1,000 people present. Green space is the exception, with a nature score of 2.6.

Amenities nearby

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Large supermarket
0.5 km
General practitioner
0.3 km
Primary school
0.5 km
Secondary school
1.0 km
Childcare
0.2 km
Train station
1.4 km
Hospital
1.7 km
Restaurant
0.2 km
Café
0.4 km
Library
0.4 km

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year (residents plus business activity, see method). Small neighbourhoods are statistically smoothed.

Total crimes
24.8
Violent crimes
0.8
Burglaries
2.1

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 535,000
Owner-occupied
60%
Single-family homes
44%
Built after 2000
1%
Income per resident
–

Who lives here

0–15 14%15–25 12%25–45 38%45–65 22%65+ 14%
Average household size
1.8
Households with children
23%
Single-person households
50%
Residents per km²
13,619

Nearby neighbourhoods

Staatsliedenbuurt

Utrecht

5.8

Lauwerecht

Utrecht

6.8

Vogelenbuurt

Utrecht

9.2

Tuinwijk-Oost

Utrecht

9.5

Tuindorp en Van Lieflandlaan-West

Utrecht

9.1

Pijlsweerd-Noord

Utrecht

4.3

Similar neighbourhoods

Van Merlenbuurt en Valkenburgerplein en omgeving

Heemstede

8.9

Nieuwkuijk

Heusden

8.9

Rhoon-Zuidoost

Albrandswaard

8.9

Wognum Kreeklanden

Medemblik

8.9

Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Tuinwijk-West calculated?

Tuinwijk-West scores 8.9 overall. That is a weighted average of five pillars: safety, amenities, housing, social & income, and nature & quiet. Each pillar compares this neighbourhood with every other neighbourhood in the Netherlands, using open data from CBS and the police.

Is Tuinwijk-West a safe neighbourhood?

Tuinwijk-West scores 5.1 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (24.8 per year). The national median is around 24.1.