neighbourhood in Amersfoort

Sterrenbeeldenbuurt

1,750 residents · postal code 3813 · Part of De Koppel, Amersfoort

Bottom 50% in the Netherlands

Good for children, with a safety question

The share of social assistance in the Sterrenbeeldenbuurt is almost nine times the national median. That is the heaviest item behind the 4.0 for wealth & income, together with a property value below the Dutch middle and a broad lowest income group. Almost half the homes were built after 2000.

And yet there is a 9.9 for families: the primary school is three hundred metres away and more than a third of households have children. Those two figures side by side say more about this neighbourhood than the overall score of 6.2. The 3.4 for safety comes from several directions at once — violence, property crime and vandalism are all three above the national median, burglary is not.

no. 6,633 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 91 of 131 in Amersfoort

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Is Sterrenbeeldenbuurt a safe 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

38.0 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.7 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.8 per 1,000

Property crime

13.0 per 1,000

Vandalism

4.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 94 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

0.9 km

GP practice

0.5 km

Train station

2.7 km

Restaurant

1.0 km

Hospital

1.8 km

Café

0.3 km

Library

1.0 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

€ 365,000

Welfare recipients

68.6 per 1,000

High incomes

15%

Low incomes

44%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

36%

Social housing

61%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

18%

Built after 2000

47%

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

5,896 inw/km²

Noise level

61 dB

Green surroundings

50%

Trees nearby

11%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

3,235

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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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

37%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

0.3 km

Residents under 15

18%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Sterrenbeeldenbuurt has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 31%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1518%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4531%
NL median 22%
45–6527%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
37% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
37% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,896 — 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 Sterrenbeeldenbuurt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Sterrenbeeldenbuurt comes out at 38 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Sterrenbeeldenbuurt is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes. 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 Sterrenbeeldenbuurt?

In Sterrenbeeldenbuurt the police recorded 94 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (38 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 Sterrenbeeldenbuurt calculated?

Sterrenbeeldenbuurt scores 6.2 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 Sterrenbeeldenbuurt 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.