neighbourhood in Wijk bij Duurstede
De Heul
2,240 residents · postal code 3962 · Part of Wijk bij Duurstede, Wijk bij Duurstede
Everything for children close by, thinner wallets
Vandalism occurs in De Heul almost three times as often as in the average Dutch neighbourhood, while violence runs at less than a third of the middle and burglary and property crime stay below it too. The total offence rate therefore lands just under the median, and the 7.2 for safety hides that one category is doing the work.
The 9.2 for families comes from two directions: the school four hundred metres away and more than a third of households with children. Shop, GP and restaurant are equally close; only the station is missing, eleven kilometres off.
Wealth & income stands at 4.7, and the gap is not in the incomes — the share of low incomes sits exactly on the national middle. It is social assistance, at more than three times the median, together with property values below the middle. In an area where almost everything dates from before this century, that is an older stock at older prices.
- no. 3,785 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 13 of 17 in Wijk bij Duurstede
How De Heul scores
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Is De Heul a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Heul comes out at 23 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, 64 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 Heul 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%
- 25–4525%
NL median 22%
- 45–6523%
NL median 28%
- 65+24%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
35% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
36% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,782 — 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 Heul a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Heul comes out at 23 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 Heul?
In De Heul the police recorded 64 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (23 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 Heul calculated?
De Heul scores 7.8 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 Heul 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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