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Het Gein

1,200 residents · postal code 3813 · Part of Schothorst-Noord, Amersfoort

  • no. 7,498 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 95 of 131 in Amersfoort
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Scores per pillar

Home to 1,200 residents, Het Gein is an urban residential neighbourhood in Amersfoort. On the national yardstick it earns a grade of 5.7. The profile is pronounced: amenities scores 8.2, while nature and quiet lags at 2.9.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
0.4 km
General practitioner
1.0 km
Primary school
0.8 km
Secondary school
0.5 km
Childcare
0.4 km
Train station
2.6 km
Hospital
3.0 km
Restaurant
0.4 km
Café
2.2 km
Library
1.4 km

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year (residents plus business activity, see method). Small neighbourhoods are statistically smoothed.

Total crimes
89.1
Violent crimes
0.9
Burglaries
0.7

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 382,000
Owner-occupied
74%
Single-family homes
72%
Built after 2000
0%
Income per resident
–

Who lives here

0–15 13%15–25 11%25–45 25%45–65 29%65+ 22%
Average household size
2.1
Households with children
31%
Single-person households
39%
Residents per km²
7,763

Nearby neighbourhoods

Erasmusstraat e.o.

Amersfoort

6.0

Muziekbuurt-Zuid

Amersfoort

8.2

Queekhoven e.o.

Amersfoort

5.5

Architectenbuurt-Oost

Amersfoort

9.1

Hoefkwartier

Amersfoort

2.5

Architectenbuurt-West

Amersfoort

9.3

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Bergen (L.)

5.7

Krugerstraat Noord

Epe

5.7

Hofstee en De Delle

Rijssen-Holten

5.7

Oud Bovenkarspel

Stede Broec

5.7

Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Het Gein calculated?

Het Gein scores 5.7 overall. That is a weighted average of five pillars: safety, amenities, housing, social & income, and nature & quiet. Each pillar compares this neighbourhood with every other neighbourhood in the Netherlands, using open data from CBS and the police.

Is Het Gein a safe neighbourhood?

Het Gein scores 4.9 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (89.1 per year). The national median is around 24.1.