The districts of Utrecht

Utrecht has 376,770 residents (2026), spread across 10 districts and 111 neighbourhoods.

Top 46% of the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

Utrecht comes out at 6.6 as a municipality — better than 54% of Dutch neighbourhoods. Amenities lift that grade with 8.4; quiet and nature hold it back at 4.3. The highest neighbourhood grades sit in Oog in Al (10.0), the lowest in Transwijk-Zuid (2.8). That is 7.2 points of difference inside one municipality.

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residents: 376,770
districts: 10
neighbourhoods: 111
km² of land: 93.8

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Safety

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

Total crime

42.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.1 per 1,000

Property crime

24.1 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 27,135 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

0.7 km

GP practice

0.7 km

Train station

2.0 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

3.0 km

Café

1.1 km

Library

1.3 km

Motorway ramp

2.2 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

€ 502,816

Welfare recipients

28.7 per 1,000

High incomes

27%

Low incomes

37%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

47%

Social housing

30%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

44%

Built after 2000

33%

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

9,101 inw/km²

Noise level

56 dB

Green surroundings

42%

Trees nearby

10%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

3,520

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.5 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

0.6 km

Households with children

29%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

1.3 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Utrecht has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 37%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–2515%
NL median 11%
25–4537%
NL median 22%
45–6521%
NL median 28%
65+11%
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
52% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
26% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
9,100 — 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. Average of the neighbourhoods in Utrecht, weighted by population.