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Zeeheldenbuurt, Hengeveldstraat en omgeving

3,305 residents · postal code 3572 · Part of Noordoost, Utrecht

Top 49% in the Netherlands

Well-off, but not spacious

In Zeeheldenbuurt, Hengeveldstraat en omgeving the primary school is eight hundred metres away, and still the families pillar gets no further than 4.5. Here it is not the distance but who lives here: about one in six households has children and almost two thirds of addresses are single-person households. That share counts heavily within the pillar.

The number of reported offences is below the national median, but burglary is not — it is well over twice above it, and within safety burglary carries the most weight after violence. That is why the safety score stalls at 5.6 while the total looks reassuring.

The wealth & income pillar reaches 7.9 on a property value far above the national middle; the social assistance rate is the only component pointing the other way, at well over double the national level.

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no. 47 of 107 in Utrecht

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Is Zeeheldenbuurt, Hengeveldstraat en omgeving a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Zeeheldenbuurt, Hengeveldstraat en omgeving comes out at 22 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood.

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Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

21.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.7 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.5 per 1,000

Property crime

10.9 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.3 per 1,000

In 2025, 110 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

1.0 km

GP practice

0.6 km

Train station

2.1 km

Restaurant

0.7 km

Hospital

2.7 km

Café

1.3 km

Library

2.0 km

Motorway ramp

1.3 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

€ 688,000

Welfare recipients

18.2 per 1,000

High incomes

31%

Low incomes

33%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

54%

Social housing

26%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

29%

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

12,676 inw/km²

Noise level

53 dB

Green surroundings

49%

Trees nearby

16%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

4,351

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

0.8 km

Households with children

16%

Childcare

0.7 km

Secondary school

1.7 km

Residents under 15

11%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Zeeheldenbuurt, Hengeveldstraat en omgeving has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 35%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1511%
NL median 14%
15–2516%
NL median 11%
25–4535%
NL median 22%
45–6524%
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
1.6 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
63% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
16% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
12,676 — 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 Zeeheldenbuurt, Hengeveldstraat en omgeving a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Zeeheldenbuurt, Hengeveldstraat en omgeving comes out at 22 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 Zeeheldenbuurt, Hengeveldstraat en omgeving?

In Zeeheldenbuurt, Hengeveldstraat en omgeving the police recorded 110 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (22 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 Zeeheldenbuurt, Hengeveldstraat en omgeving calculated?

Zeeheldenbuurt, Hengeveldstraat en omgeving scores 6.4 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 Zeeheldenbuurt, Hengeveldstraat 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.