neighbourhood in Utrecht

Tuinwijk-West

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

Top 13% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

Crime in Tuinwijk-West is almost entirely a matter of belongings: property crime and burglary sit above the national middle, while violence stays far below, at less than half the median. That is the profile of a busy city neighbourhood where bikes and bags disappear, not of one where you would rather stay indoors after dark.

The 9.9 for amenities can hardly go higher: supermarket, GP, restaurant and station are all within one and a half kilometres, most of them a few hundred metres away. There is a price for that, and it shows in the quiet & nature pillar. With more than thirteen thousand residents per square kilometre this is among the most densely populated neighbourhoods in the country, and greenery nearby stays far below the national figure. A 3.0 for quiet next to an overall score of 9.1 is no contradiction here but the definition of inner-city living.

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no. 14 of 107 in Utrecht

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Is Tuinwijk-West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Tuinwijk-West comes out at 25 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch 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

24.8 per 1,000

Violent crime

0.9 per 1,000

Burglaries

2.1 per 1,000

Property crime

13.1 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.1 per 1,000

In 2025, 82 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

0.5 km

GP practice

0.3 km

Train station

1.4 km

Restaurant

0.2 km

Hospital

1.7 km

Café

0.4 km

Library

0.4 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

€ 535,000

Welfare recipients

8.7 per 1,000

High incomes

33%

Low incomes

30%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

60%

Social housing

23%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

44%

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

13,619 inw/km²

Noise level

55 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

5,769

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

0.5 km

Households with children

23%

Childcare

0.2 km

Secondary school

1.0 km

Residents under 15

14%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Tuinwijk-West has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 38%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4538%
NL median 22%
45–6522%
NL median 28%
65+14%
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
1.8 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
50% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
23% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
13,619 — 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-West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Tuinwijk-West comes out at 25 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Tuinwijk-West?

In Tuinwijk-West the police recorded 82 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (25 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-West calculated?

Tuinwijk-West scores 9.1 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 Tuinwijk-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.