neighbourhood in Utrecht

Zambesidreef en omgeving

4,265 residents · postal code 3564 · Part of Overvecht, Utrecht

Bottom 28% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

A hundred social assistance benefits per thousand residents — more than twelve times the national median — is the figure that marks Zambesidreef en omgeving most sharply. It is also the main reason wealth & income stands at 2.9, alongside property values below the median and a share of lower incomes far above it.

At the same time the district reaches an 8.9 for families. The primary school is five hundred metres away and the share of children is above the national level. What that pillar does not measure, the rest of the figures show: family life here is not lived in prosperity.

Quiet & nature comes to a 4.3 despite greenery and trees above the national median. Density and noise pull the pillar down — at more than ten thousand residents per square kilometre that is no surprise.

no. 9,511 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 78 of 107 in Utrecht

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Is Zambesidreef en omgeving a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Zambesidreef en omgeving comes out at 35 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more 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

35.2 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.8 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.0 per 1,000

Property crime

13.4 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.1 per 1,000

In 2025, 202 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

0.4 km

GP practice

0.3 km

Train station

3.0 km

Restaurant

0.7 km

Hospital

1.6 km

Café

1.9 km

Library

0.9 km

Motorway ramp

2.2 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

€ 318,000

Welfare recipients

100.8 per 1,000

High incomes

10%

Low incomes

52%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

17%

Social housing

74%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

14%

Built after 2000

14%

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

10,013 inw/km²

Noise level

57 dB

Green surroundings

58%

Trees nearby

17%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

3,555

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

0.5 km

Households with children

32%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

1.8 km

Residents under 15

20%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Zambesidreef en omgeving has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 33%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1520%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4533%
NL median 22%
45–6523%
NL median 28%
65+13%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
49% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
32% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
10,013 — 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 Zambesidreef en omgeving a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Zambesidreef en omgeving comes out at 35 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. 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 Zambesidreef en omgeving?

In Zambesidreef en omgeving the police recorded 202 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (35 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 Zambesidreef en omgeving calculated?

Zambesidreef en omgeving scores 4.5 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 Zambesidreef en omgeving 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.