neighbourhood in Amersfoort

De Baken

3,495 residents · postal code 3826 · Part of Vathorst-De Laak, Amersfoort

Top 4% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, and little room

De Baken is among the country's hundred and twenty-five highest-scoring neighbourhoods on families, and the figures show why: households with children are as numerous here as those without, a quarter of residents are under fifteen, and the primary school is four hundred metres away. Fewer than one in twelve residents is 65 or older.

That is the population of an area built entirely after 2000, and it also explains the weakest figure. The tree canopy within three hundred metres comes to just over a third of the national level — trees need time — and at this building density greenery too stays below the median. That is where the 4.5 for quiet & nature comes from.

Accessibility is striking: the GP and the station are close by, but the supermarket is more than a kilometre and a half away, and that is precisely the heaviest-weighted component of the amenities pillar.

no. 519 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 21 of 131 in Amersfoort

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Is De Baken a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, De Baken comes out at 11 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: De Baken 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.

Total crime

11.2 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.6 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.5 per 1,000

Property crime

3.1 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.6 per 1,000

In 2025, 44 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

1.6 km

GP practice

0.6 km

Train station

2.1 km

Restaurant

0.7 km

Hospital

6.9 km

Café

3.3 km

Library

1.9 km

Motorway ramp

2.2 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

€ 489,000

Welfare recipients

14.3 per 1,000

High incomes

32%

Low incomes

32%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

50%

Social housing

36%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

58%

Built after 2000

100%

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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

9,404 inw/km²

Noise level

51 dB

Green surroundings

52%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,613

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.7 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.

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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

0.4 km

Households with children

50%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

1.5 km

Residents under 15

25%

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Who lives here

De Baken has strikingly many children under 15: 25%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1525%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4534%
NL median 22%
45–6521%
NL median 28%
65+8%
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
2.5 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
30% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
50% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
9,404 — 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 De Baken a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, De Baken comes out at 11 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: De Baken 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 De Baken?

In De Baken the police recorded 44 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (11 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 De Baken calculated?

De Baken scores 9.7 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 De Baken 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.