neighbourhood in Utrechtse Heuvelrug
Driebergen-West
2,565 residents · postal code 3972 · Part of Driebergen, Utrechtse Heuvelrug
Safe, but everything is a drive away
Driebergen-West sits in the Dutch top with a 9.7, and safety contributes most to that. The number of reports comes to less than half the national median; violence is almost absent and property crime does not reach a third of the national level. Only residential burglary is slightly above the median, which in a green, spaciously laid-out area is no surprise.
The property value is well above the median without incomes being exceptional — the share of high incomes comes out only slightly above the national middle. So the money here is mainly in the bricks.
The tree canopy is more than twice as dense as the national figure, and yet quiet & nature gets no further than 6.7. The noise level is above the median, and in that pillar it counts for as much as the greenery does.
- no. 579 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 4 of 32 in Utrechtse Heuvelrug
How Driebergen-West scores
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Is Driebergen-West a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Driebergen-West comes out at 11 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Driebergen-West 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, 26 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-West looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1517%
NL median 14%
- 15–259%
NL median 11%
- 25–4518%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
29% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
35% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,306 — 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-West a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Driebergen-West comes out at 11 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Driebergen-West 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-West?
In Driebergen-West the police recorded 26 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (11 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-West calculated?
Driebergen-West 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-West 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.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Utrechtse Heuvelrug
Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Utrechtse Heuvelrug.
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