neighbourhood in Amersfoort
Camera Obscurastraat e.o.
1,655 residents · postal code 3813 · Part of Schothorst-Noord, Amersfoort
Everything close by, little to spend
The offences in Camera Obscurastraat e.o. are almost entirely property crime: that runs one and a half times above the national median, while violence, burglary and vandalism all stay below it. That is the profile of a place where things disappear, not of a neighbourhood where the streets are restless at night, and it still produces a 7.1 for safety.
No pillar here drops below six, and that is where the overall score of 8.4 comes from. The 6.3 for quiet & nature fits dense building with plenty of greenery within three hundred metres and little traffic noise. Wealth & income hovers at 6.1 with a mixed picture: a property value below the national median and more than twice as much social assistance as nationally, against an income distribution that works out slightly better and almost no vacancy.
- no. 2,705 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 60 of 131 in Amersfoort
How Camera Obscurastraat e.o. scores
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Is Camera Obscurastraat e.o. a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Camera Obscurastraat e.o. comes out at 26 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 53 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
Camera Obscurastraat e.o. has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 28%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4528%
NL median 22%
- 45–6526%
NL median 28%
- 65+22%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
36% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
32% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
7,714 — 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 Camera Obscurastraat e.o. a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Camera Obscurastraat e.o. comes out at 26 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Camera Obscurastraat e.o.?
In Camera Obscurastraat e.o. the police recorded 53 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (26 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 Camera Obscurastraat e.o. calculated?
Camera Obscurastraat e.o. scores 8.4 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 Camera Obscurastraat e.o. 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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