neighbourhood in Utrechtse Heuvelrug
Driebergen-Noord
2,120 residents · postal code 3971 · Part of Driebergen, Utrechtse Heuvelrug
Well-off, and comfortable across the board
Half the surface within three hundred metres of Driebergen-Noord falls under tree canopy — a multiple of the national median, and more than in almost any other neighbourhood. That carries the 7.8 for quiet & nature, and it does so despite a sound level well above the national median.
On wealth & income the score is 9.5, and it rests on all components at once: a property value almost twice the national median, many households in the top income group, few in the bottom one, a low social assistance rate and vacancy at the national median. Such an unambiguous picture is exceptional.
One figure points the other way: burglary here is above the national median, while violence stays far below it. The overall score of 9.7 is not changed by that, but it is the only component on which this neighbourhood compares unfavourably with the country.
- no. 467 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 2 of 32 in Utrechtse Heuvelrug
How Driebergen-Noord scores
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Is Driebergen-Noord a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Driebergen-Noord comes out at 18 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer 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.
In 2025, 51 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
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The figures ⌄Amenities
Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄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.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Quiet & nature
How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
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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The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Tick = Dutch median
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Who lives here
Driebergen-Noord has strikingly few residents aged 25 to 45: 14%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1519%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4514%
NL median 22%
- 45–6530%
NL median 28%
- 65+26%
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
2.5 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
29% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
41% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,004 — far less 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 Driebergen-Noord a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Driebergen-Noord comes out at 18 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 Driebergen-Noord?
In Driebergen-Noord the police recorded 51 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (18 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 Driebergen-Noord calculated?
Driebergen-Noord 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 Driebergen-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.
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Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Utrechtse Heuvelrug.
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