neighbourhood in Utrechtse Heuvelrug

Doorn-Centrum

3,570 residents · postal code 3941 · Part of Doorn, Utrechtse Heuvelrug

Top 4% in the Netherlands

Well-off, but not carefree

Doorn-Centrum is one of the few places where a village core and a wood do not get in each other's way. Tree canopy within three hundred metres runs at more than five times the national median here, and together with the greenery that produces an 8.3 for quiet & nature — while restaurant, school and supermarket are all within a kilometre.

The 8.7 for wealth & income is broadly carried too: a property value well above the median, many higher incomes, few lower ones and hardly any social assistance. Only vacancy is above the Dutch middle, which is not unusual for a shopping core.

The 6.2 for safety is the weakest score and needs explaining: violence, theft and vandalism all sit below the median. What depresses it is burglary, well above the national middle.

no. 515 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 3 of 32 in Utrechtse Heuvelrug

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Is Doorn-Centrum a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Doorn-Centrum comes out at 21 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

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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

21.4 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.7 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.5 per 1,000

Property crime

9.1 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.8 per 1,000

In 2025, 119 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

4.5 km

Restaurant

0.3 km

Hospital

1.1 km

Café

0.6 km

Library

1.0 km

Motorway ramp

0.7 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

€ 657,000

Welfare recipients

2.8 per 1,000

High incomes

34%

Low incomes

34%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

75%

Social housing

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

77%

Built after 2000

12%

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

3,211 inw/km²

Noise level

51 dB

Green surroundings

81%

Trees nearby

48%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

848

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.7 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

34%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

1.1 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Doorn-Centrum has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 14%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–2514%
NL median 11%
25–4516%
NL median 22%
45–6530%
NL median 28%
65+25%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
36% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
34% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,211 — 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 Doorn-Centrum a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Doorn-Centrum comes out at 21 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 Doorn-Centrum?

In Doorn-Centrum the police recorded 119 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (21 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 Doorn-Centrum calculated?

Doorn-Centrum 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 Doorn-Centrum 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.