Utrecht

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Numbeo's Safety Index puts Utrecht at 73/100 for crime — that makes it read sketchier than Netherlands's national picture overall (79/100 vs 83/100).

Verified Jul 12, 2026Confidence high
79Sketch Score

City page · part of Netherlands

The one number a country page can't give you

What people who actually live in Utrecht report

Numbeo aggregates thousands of resident-submitted perception surveys into a per-city Crime Index (higher = worse) and its inverse, a Safety Index — the only real city-granularity crime signal feeding this page, alongside Netherlands's national advisory, political, health, and police-trust data.

Crime Index

26.9

Safety Index

73.1

Source: Numbeo, user-submitted →

Sub-scores

Same real inputs as Netherlands's national page, with crime swapped for Utrecht's own Numbeo number above.

78advisoryConsensus
71Political Stability
84Police Trust
92Health
73Crime
90LGBTQ+

Legal status (national law)

Legal since 1811; equal age of consent since 1971 + UN decl. sign.

Source: Wikipedia — LGBTQ rights by country →

Pack this, know this

The little things that trip people up

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Plug & voltage

C / F · 230V

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Driving side

right

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Emergency

police: 112 / ambulance: 112 / fire: 112

How this compares to Netherlands

Numbeo's Safety Index puts Utrecht at 73/100 for crime — that makes it read sketchier than Netherlands's national picture overall (79/100 vs 83/100).

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