neighbourhood in Amersfoort

Centrum / Waterpark

1,270 residents · postal code 3824 · Part of Nieuwland, Amersfoort

Top 42% in the Netherlands

Good for children, with a safety question

Nearly three in ten square metres of Centrum / Waterpark is water — fifty times as much as in the average Dutch neighbourhood. That lifts the quiet & nature pillar to a 6.0, despite densely built surroundings and a tree canopy thinner than is common nationally. Water carries as much weight in that pillar as greenery or noise, and here that single component does most of the work.

The 4.6 for safety is the weak spot, and it is not a single-cause story. Violence, burglary and vandalism all three sit above the national middle, vandalism most clearly; only property crime stays below. The total number of reports therefore lands around the national median, but its composition is less favourable than that figure suggests.

The railway station is six kilometres away. That is the main reason amenities go no higher than a 7.2, because the supermarket and a restaurant are close at hand.

no. 5,417 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 81 of 131 in Amersfoort

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Is Centrum / Waterpark a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Centrum / Waterpark comes out at 23 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.

Total crime

23.0 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.7 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.0 per 1,000

Property crime

8.9 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 40 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

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Amenities

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Supermarket

0.4 km

GP practice

1.3 km

Train station

6.0 km

Restaurant

0.4 km

Hospital

3.9 km

Café

2.0 km

Library

2.8 km

Motorway ramp

0.9 km

Tick = Dutch median

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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.

Property value

€ 404,000

Welfare recipients

15.7 per 1,000

High incomes

25%

Low incomes

33%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

75%

Social housing

20%

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Single-family homes

41%

Built after 2000

29%

Tick = Dutch median

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Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.

Population density

7,982 inw/km²

Noise level

52 dB

Green surroundings

54%

Trees nearby

Water share

29%

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Addresses per km²

2,008

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.8 µg/m³

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

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Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.

Primary school

0.5 km

Households with children

30%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

1.6 km

Residents under 15

14%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Centrum / Waterpark looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4524%
NL median 22%
45–6528%
NL median 28%
65+24%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
38% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
30% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
7,982 — 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 Centrum / Waterpark a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Centrum / Waterpark comes out at 23 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 Centrum / Waterpark?

In Centrum / Waterpark the police recorded 40 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (23 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 Centrum / Waterpark calculated?

Centrum / Waterpark scores 6.9 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 Centrum / Waterpark 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.