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Welgelegen, Den Hommel

1,880 residents · postal code 3533 · Part of West, Utrecht

  • no. 6,595 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 62 of 107 in Utrecht
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Scores per pillar

Welgelegen and Den Hommel lie between the Merwede canal and the Oog in Al park in western Utrecht, a neighbourhood of solo dwellers: 62 percent single households. Socio-economically it scores 9.3, but the 58 crimes per 1,000 people present — double the median — push safety to 2.8. Average value: €462k. Overall: 6.2.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
0.9 km
General practitioner
0.9 km
Primary school
0.8 km
Secondary school
1.1 km
Childcare
0.7 km
Train station
2.7 km
Hospital
4.5 km
Restaurant
0.3 km
Café
1.9 km
Library
0.9 km

Safety

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

Total crimes
58.3
Violent crimes
2.1
Burglaries
1.9

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 462,000
Owner-occupied
45%
Single-family homes
21%
Built after 2000
30%
Income per resident
–

Who lives here

0–15 10%15–25 15%25–45 41%45–65 14%65+ 19%
Average household size
1.6
Households with children
13%
Single-person households
62%
Residents per km²
5,232

Nearby neighbourhoods

Oog in Al

Utrecht

9.9

Halve Maan-Zuid

Utrecht

7.2

Kanaleneiland-Noord

Utrecht

3.7

Transwijk-Noord

Utrecht

4.2

Lombok-West

Utrecht

7.1

Leidseweg en omgeving

Utrecht

3.9

Similar neighbourhoods

Buitengebied Lettele en Okkenbroek

Deventer

6.2

Oranjewijk

Waterland

6.2

Welberg

Steenbergen

6.2

Eastermar

Tytsjerksteradiel

6.2

Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Welgelegen, Den Hommel calculated?

Welgelegen, Den Hommel scores 6.2 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 Welgelegen, Den Hommel a safe neighbourhood?

Welgelegen, Den Hommel scores 2.8 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (58.3 per year). The national median is around 24.1.