neighbourhood in Utrecht

Vechtzoom-zuid

5,300 residents · postal code 3563 · Part of Overvecht, Utrecht

Bottom 25% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, safety lags

What makes the 2.8 for safety in Vechtzoom-zuid is violence. It occurs here almost three times as often as in the country as a whole, and it weighs more heavily within that pillar than any other offence. Burglary, theft and vandalism are above it too, but less far — so this is not a neighbourhood where things mainly go missing.

Wealth sinks to a 3.1, and one component stands out: the number of residents on social assistance is more than ten times the national figure. The property value stays below the middle and more stands empty than usual.

Yet it is not bare there. Around the homes there is almost twice as much tree canopy as in the average Dutch neighbourhood and the noise level is at the national middle; that is where the 6.4 for quiet & nature comes from, in a neighbourhood with almost eight thousand residents per square kilometre.

no. 9,854 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 82 of 107 in Utrecht

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Is Vechtzoom-zuid 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

40.4 per 1,000

Violent crime

6.7 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.4 per 1,000

Property crime

16.9 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.8 per 1,000

In 2025, 293 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

0.6 km

GP practice

0.5 km

Train station

3.0 km

Restaurant

0.4 km

Hospital

2.2 km

Café

2.0 km

Library

1.0 km

Motorway ramp

2.1 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

€ 332,000

Welfare recipients

84.9 per 1,000

High incomes

14%

Low incomes

49%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

18%

Social housing

63%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

13%

Built after 2000

18%

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

7,945 inw/km²

Noise level

52 dB

Green surroundings

51%

Trees nearby

17%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

4,187

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.5 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

34%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

1.8 km

Residents under 15

20%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Vechtzoom-zuid has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 33%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1520%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4533%
NL median 22%
45–6522%
NL median 28%
65+15%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
48% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
34% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
7,945 — 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 Vechtzoom-zuid a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Vechtzoom-zuid comes out at 40 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Vechtzoom-zuid 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 Vechtzoom-zuid?

In Vechtzoom-zuid the police recorded 293 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (40 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 Vechtzoom-zuid calculated?

Vechtzoom-zuid scores 4.3 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 Vechtzoom-zuid 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.