Bleekstraat en omgeving, Utrecht

Bleekstraat en omgeving in Utrecht scores 3.0 out of 5 on the government's Leefbaarometer livability index. Rentals dominate the housing stock — only 31% is owner-occupied, and over half of households are single-person (67%). Worth flagging: the amenities sub-score here is 4.9/5 — you're rarely far from shops, cafés or other amenities. Reported crime here is classified as elevated relative to other Dutch neighbourhoods.

At €563.000, the average WOZ value here runs 15% above what's typical for Utrecht as a whole. That's 41% above the Dutch national average. Zooming out, Utrecht-wide sale prices rose 5.6% over the past year, and recent buyers across the wider region paid 8.1% over asking, with homes selling in a median of 24 days — a sense of the competition to expect, even if it doesn't map exactly onto this street.

A few things worth weighing before you commit: crime has been trending up, about 13% higher than a year ago — worth keeping an eye on; background noise (road, rail and air traffic combined) averages 76 dB across the area, on the loud side; the area falls within a protected townscape, so renovations or extensions may need heritage sign-off.