neighbourhood in Utrechtse Heuvelrug
Driebergen-Oost en Zuid
3,030 residents · postal code 3972 · Part of Driebergen, Utrechtse Heuvelrug
Safe, and nowhere really weak
Driebergen-Oost en Zuid is green almost everywhere: three quarters of the immediate surroundings count as green and the tree canopy is more than three times as thick as nationally. That is where the 8.2 for quiet & nature comes from, and almost no built-up neighbourhood reaches such values.
Wealth & income is high but not complete. Property values are well above the national median and more than a third of households have a high income, but social assistance is above the national median and so is vacancy — that 8.8 does not cover everyone here.
And there is one crack in the safety picture. Violence, theft and vandalism sit far below the national median, but burglary occurs almost four times as often here as nationally. It is the only category in which this neighbourhood comes out above average, and it is the practical point of attention for anyone living here.
- no. 413 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 1 of 32 in Utrechtse Heuvelrug
How Driebergen-Oost en Zuid scores
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Is Driebergen-Oost en Zuid a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Driebergen-Oost en Zuid comes out at 9 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Driebergen-Oost en Zuid is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest 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, 31 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-Oost en Zuid has strikingly many children under 15: 18%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1518%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4516%
NL median 22%
- 45–6529%
NL median 28%
- 65+27%
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
2.4 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
31% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
37% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,195 — 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 Driebergen-Oost en Zuid a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Driebergen-Oost en Zuid comes out at 9 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Driebergen-Oost en Zuid is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Driebergen-Oost en Zuid?
In Driebergen-Oost en Zuid the police recorded 31 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (9 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-Oost en Zuid calculated?
Driebergen-Oost en Zuid scores 9.8 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-Oost en Zuid 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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