neighbourhood in Utrecht

Veldhuizen

9,225 residents · postal code 3453 · Part of Vleuten-De Meern, Utrecht

Top 4% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, and little room

None of the four counted crime types in Veldhuizen comes out above the national middle: violence and vandalism stay well below it, burglary and theft too. In a neighbourhood of this size that is a stable picture and not a chance good year — that is where the 9.1 for safety comes from.

The weakest pillar is quiet with a 5.8, and that is striking for a neighbourhood where greenery lies exactly at the Dutch middle and more than a tenth of the surface is water. The brake is in the density, in noise above the median and in a tree canopy that does not reach the national level.

Wealth comes out at a 8.3, carried by a property value that exceeds the median by more than a quarter. Only social assistance works against it: that figure lies above the national level here.

no. 437 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 3 of 107 in Utrecht

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Is Veldhuizen a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Veldhuizen comes out at 18 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer 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

18.2 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.3 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.5 per 1,000

Property crime

5.0 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.3 per 1,000

In 2025, 217 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

0.8 km

GP practice

0.8 km

Train station

3.1 km

Restaurant

0.7 km

Hospital

6.0 km

Café

3.0 km

Library

1.8 km

Motorway ramp

1.7 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

€ 548,000

Welfare recipients

11.9 per 1,000

High incomes

30%

Low incomes

34%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

75%

Social housing

20%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

85%

Built after 2000

77%

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

5,591 inw/km²

Noise level

54 dB

Green surroundings

54%

Trees nearby

Water share

13%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,542

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.2 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

52%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

2.2 km

Residents under 15

18%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Veldhuizen has strikingly few residents aged 65 and over: 10%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1518%
NL median 14%
15–2516%
NL median 11%
25–4522%
NL median 22%
45–6534%
NL median 28%
65+10%
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
2.6 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
24% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
52% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,591 — 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 Veldhuizen a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Veldhuizen comes out at 18 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Veldhuizen?

In Veldhuizen the police recorded 217 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (18 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 Veldhuizen calculated?

Veldhuizen scores 9.7 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 Veldhuizen 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.