neighbourhood in Zeist

Utrechtseweg

1,915 residents · postal code 3704 · Part of Zeist-Noord, Zeist

Top 15% in the Netherlands

Well-off, and well out of town

The tree canopy around Utrechtseweg in Zeist is nearly three times as dense as in the average Dutch neighbourhood, and population density is low. Even so the quiet & nature pillar gets no higher than 6.6, because traffic noise sits four decibels above the national median and there is no water.

The wealth & income pillar reaches an 8.4 with one clear exception. Property value, incomes and social assistance all point favourably, but vacancy runs at more than twice the national middle. That is not a detail: within this pillar vacancy counts for more than ownership and rental combined.

On safety the low violence figure stands out — it is less than a third of the median, and violence weighs heaviest within that pillar. Property crime, by contrast, edges slightly above the national middle. The railway station is more than four kilometres away.

no. 1,861 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 12 of 33 in Zeist

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Is Utrechtseweg a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Utrechtseweg comes out at 22 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

The figures ⌄

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

21.6 per 1,000

Violent crime

0.7 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.9 per 1,000

Property crime

10.1 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.2 per 1,000

In 2025, 63 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

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Amenities

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Supermarket

1.1 km

GP practice

0.8 km

Train station

4.3 km

Restaurant

1.0 km

Hospital

3.3 km

Café

1.6 km

Library

2.4 km

Motorway ramp

1.8 km

Tick = Dutch median

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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.

Property value

€ 623,000

Welfare recipients

5.2 per 1,000

High incomes

33%

Low incomes

29%

Vacancy

10%

Owner-occupied

58%

Social housing

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Single-family homes

60%

Built after 2000

38%

Tick = Dutch median

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Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.

Population density

2,060 inw/km²

Noise level

56 dB

Green surroundings

61%

Trees nearby

23%

Water share

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Addresses per km²

2,131

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.0 µg/m³

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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Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.

Primary school

0.8 km

Households with children

31%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

1.2 km

Residents under 15

18%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Utrechtseweg has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 33%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1518%
NL median 14%
15–2513%
NL median 11%
25–4533%
NL median 22%
45–6521%
NL median 28%
65+15%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
41% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
31% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,060 — less 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 Utrechtseweg a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Utrechtseweg comes out at 22 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Utrechtseweg?

In Utrechtseweg the police recorded 63 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 Utrechtseweg calculated?

Utrechtseweg scores 8.9 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 Utrechtseweg 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.