Zuid

Zuid pulls together Hoograven, Tolsteeg and Lunetten, eight neighbourhoods and nearly 29,000 residents south of Utrecht's centre. Amenities score 8.2 and social life 5.8, the figures of a mixed post-war district with the city within reach. Housing (5.9) just holds the middle. Safety trails at 4.0. With a 5.4 overall, this is an average urban district slowly on the mend.