neighbourhood in Wijk bij Duurstede
De Engk
1,870 residents · postal code 3961 · Part of Wijk bij Duurstede, Wijk bij Duurstede
Everything close by, little to spend
De Engk has the weakest wealth & income pillar in this area, a 3.7, and that score is built consistently. The share of high incomes is a little over half the national figure, almost half of households fall in the lowest income bracket, the social assistance rate runs at more than six times the middle and the property value sits below the median. Only vacancy stays low.
More than a third of residents are 65 or over — making this one of the most aged neighbourhoods in Wijk bij Duurstede — and nearly half of households consist of a single person.
The 8.2 for amenities is remarkable for a place where the railway station is eleven kilometres away. That is because everything needed day to day is within half a kilometre: supermarket, GP and restaurant. The station does count in that pillar, but the four nearby destinations together weigh more.
- no. 8,981 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 16 of 17 in Wijk bij Duurstede
How De Engk scores
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Is De Engk a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Engk comes out at 22 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 45 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
De Engk has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 36%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–258%
NL median 11%
- 25–4520%
NL median 22%
- 45–6521%
NL median 28%
- 65+36%
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
1.9 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
48% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
25% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
7,381 — 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 De Engk a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Engk comes out at 22 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in De Engk?
In De Engk the police recorded 45 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (22 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 De Engk calculated?
De Engk scores 4.8 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 De Engk 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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