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Kruiskamp-Noord

2,340 residents · postal code 3814 · Part of Kruiskamp, Amersfoort

Top 9% in the Netherlands

How we calculate

In Kruiskamp-Noord everything sits around the corner: supermarket, GP and primary school all within six hundred metres, good for an amenities score of 9.1. The neighbourhood is mixed, with 54 percent owner-occupied homes and a near-even split between single- and multi-family housing. Wealth & income, at 4.8, remains the weak spot. Crime, at 22.9 offences per 1,000 people present, sits close to the national middle.

  • no. 1,112 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
  • no. 32 of 131 in Amersfoort

How Kruiskamp-Noord scores

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The figures

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
Total crime
22.9 per 1,000
Violent crime
1.7 per 1,000
Burglaries
0.1 per 1,000
Property crime
7.0 per 1,000
Vandalism
2.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 71 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.
Supermarket
0.6 km
GP practice
0.4 km
Train station
2.5 km
Restaurant
0.4 km
Hospital
2.8 km
Café
0.7 km
Library
1.5 km
Motorway ramp
2.1 km

Tick = Dutch median

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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.
Property value
€ 373,000
Welfare recipients
47.0 per 1,000
High incomes
20%
Low incomes
42%
Vacancy
1%
Owner-occupied
54%
Social housing
41%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes
52%
Built after 2000
32%

Tick = Dutch median

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The figures

Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Population density
8,207 inw/km²
Noise level
55 dB
Green surroundings
46%
Trees nearby
10%
Water share
3%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²
3,901
Fine particles (PM2.5)
9.1 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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The figures

Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Primary school
0.3 km
Households with children
38%
Childcare
0.2 km
Secondary school
1.0 km
Residents under 15
18%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Kruiskamp-Noord has strikingly few residents aged 65 and over: 13%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

  • 0–1518%

    NL median 14%

  • 15–2513%

    NL median 11%

  • 25–4530%

    NL median 22%

  • 45–6526%

    NL median 28%

  • 65+13%

    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

    2.2around the average

    NL median 2.3

  • Single-person households

    37%more than average

    NL median 31%

  • Households with children

    38%more than average

    NL median 35%

  • Residents per km²

    8,207far 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

How is the grade for Kruiskamp-Noord calculated?

Kruiskamp-Noord scores 9.4 as its total score. That grade is a national position: we weigh four equally heavy scores — safety, amenities, wealth & income and quiet & nature — and see where Kruiskamp-Noord lands among every neighbourhood in the Netherlands. So it is not the mean of the four grades, but a place in the queue. All from open data published by CBS and the police.

Is Kruiskamp-Noord a safe neighbourhood?

Kruiskamp-Noord scores 8.5 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (22.9 per year). The national median is around 24.1.

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