neighbourhood in Amersfoort
Bieshaar-Noord
2,420 residents · postal code 3828 · Part of Hoogland, Amersfoort
Safe, but not spacious
Rarely is a neighbourhood's crime picture so evenly low as in Bieshaar-Noord: violence, burglary, theft and vandalism all four sit below the national median, and violence at less than a third of it. That is the reason for the 9.9 for safety, rather than a favourable total hiding an outlier.
The 6.2 for quiet & nature is the weakest point, and that is notable, because greenery and tree canopy within three hundred metres are both above the national middle. Ambient noise, however, is above it too, and that weighs down.
Wealth & income comes out at 7.8, with property value above the national median, little social assistance and little vacancy. Almost a quarter of residents are 65 or older, while four in ten households have children.
- no. 189 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 8 of 131 in Amersfoort
How Bieshaar-Noord scores
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Is Bieshaar-Noord a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Bieshaar-Noord comes out at 12 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Bieshaar-Noord is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 28 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
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The figures ⌄Amenities
Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄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.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Quiet & nature
How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
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
The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Tick = Dutch median
Who lives here
The age profile of Bieshaar-Noord looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1516%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4522%
NL median 22%
- 45–6528%
NL median 28%
- 65+23%
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
2.4 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
23% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
41% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,704 — 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.
Frequently asked questions
Is Bieshaar-Noord a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Bieshaar-Noord comes out at 12 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Bieshaar-Noord is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Bieshaar-Noord?
In Bieshaar-Noord the police recorded 28 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (12 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 Bieshaar-Noord calculated?
Bieshaar-Noord scores 9.9 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 Bieshaar-Noord 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.
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