neighbourhood in Utrecht

Zuilen-Noord

3,800 residents · postal code 3555 · Part of Noordwest, Utrecht

Bottom 26% in the Netherlands

Good for children, with a safety question

Zuilen-Noord comes in above the national median on all four recorded categories of crime: violence, burglary, property crime and vandalism. That explains the 2.8 for safety, and it is a different picture from a shopping district where mainly bicycles disappear — the reported offences tied to personal safety are higher here than nationally too.

The wealth & income pillar hides a split behind its 5.4. Property values are above the national median and so is the share of high incomes, while the number of social assistance payments per thousand residents runs to more than four times the national median. Those two movements rarely occur in the same neighbourhood.

The primary school is a kilometre away, the GP slightly further. For daily shopping you never have to leave north-west Utrecht; for the station you do.

no. 9,764 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 81 of 107 in Utrecht

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Is Zuilen-Noord 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

42.8 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.8 per 1,000

Burglaries

2.2 per 1,000

Property crime

21.3 per 1,000

Vandalism

4.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 225 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

0.9 km

GP practice

1.1 km

Train station

3.2 km

Restaurant

0.4 km

Hospital

4.8 km

Café

1.0 km

Library

1.5 km

Motorway ramp

2.3 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

€ 438,000

Welfare recipients

36.8 per 1,000

High incomes

23%

Low incomes

38%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

48%

Social housing

36%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

52%

Built after 2000

43%

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

5,305 inw/km²

Noise level

55 dB

Green surroundings

52%

Trees nearby

12%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,459

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

1.0 km

Households with children

32%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

0.5 km

Residents under 15

17%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Zuilen-Noord has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 32%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1517%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4532%
NL median 22%
45–6525%
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
41% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
32% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,305 — 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 Zuilen-Noord a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Zuilen-Noord comes out at 43 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Zuilen-Noord 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 Zuilen-Noord?

In Zuilen-Noord the police recorded 225 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (43 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 Zuilen-Noord calculated?

Zuilen-Noord scores 4.4 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 Zuilen-Noord 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.