neighbourhood in Utrechtse Heuvelrug
Driebergen-Noordwest
2,045 residents · postal code 3971 · Part of Driebergen, Utrechtse Heuvelrug
Everything close by, safety lags
There are more burglaries in Driebergen-Noordwest than the national picture would suggest — reports run at several times the median, while violence stays below it. Together with property crime above the median, that produces a 4.6 for safety. It is the profile of a neighbourhood where homes and possessions are the target, not of street violence.
The 7.1 for quiet & nature comes from the tree canopy: more than four in ten hectares in the surroundings stand under trees, far more than is usual nationally. That the figure is not higher lies in the noise, which is more than five decibels above the national median. The 7.0 for wealth & income is mixed: high property value and many households with a high income, but a vacancy rate above the median and social assistance at almost double it.
- no. 5,902 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 23 of 32 in Utrechtse Heuvelrug
How Driebergen-Noordwest scores
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Is Driebergen-Noordwest a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Driebergen-Noordwest comes out at 40 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Driebergen-Noordwest is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 135 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
The age profile of Driebergen-Noordwest looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4523%
NL median 22%
- 45–6526%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
47% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
27% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,344 — around the 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-Noordwest a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Driebergen-Noordwest comes out at 40 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Driebergen-Noordwest 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 Driebergen-Noordwest?
In Driebergen-Noordwest the police recorded 135 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (40 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-Noordwest calculated?
Driebergen-Noordwest scores 6.6 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-Noordwest 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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