neighbourhood in Amersfoort
De Horsten
2,020 residents · postal code 3815 · Part of Liendert, Amersfoort
Everything for children close by, thinner wallets
Rarely do two scores in one neighbourhood lie as far apart as in De Horsten: a 10.0 for families next to a 3.5 for wealth & income. The first comes from the primary school three hundred metres away and a share of households with children well above the national middle. The second from a social assistance rate above seventy per thousand residents, more than nine times the national median, with property value and income distribution pointing the same way.
Quiet & nature surprises. At almost twelve thousand residents per square kilometre this is densely built-up ground, and still that pillar lands on a 6.0. The greenery within three hundred metres lies above the median, the tree canopy at more than double it, and the noise level stays below the national middle. There is more air here than the density suggests.
Safety remains the weak point alongside wealth: theft and burglary in particular occur more often than nationally, and with almost four thousand residents those differences are not chance.
- no. 4,190 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 73 of 131 in Amersfoort
How De Horsten scores
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Is De Horsten a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Horsten comes out at 27 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 67 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
De Horsten has strikingly few residents aged 65 and over: 9%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1522%
NL median 14%
- 15–2516%
NL median 11%
- 25–4528%
NL median 22%
- 45–6525%
NL median 28%
- 65+9%
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
35% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
46% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
11,913 — 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 Horsten a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Horsten comes out at 27 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. One caveat: the figure counts per person present, not per resident. In a neighbourhood with many visitors — a centre, a station, a shopping area — it therefore comes out higher than residents experience. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in De Horsten?
In De Horsten the police recorded 67 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (27 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 Horsten calculated?
De Horsten scores 7.6 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 Horsten 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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