neighbourhood in Amersfoort
Winkelcentrum Vathorst
655 residents · postal code 3825 · Part of Vathorst-Centrum, Amersfoort
Everything close by, little space
The crime rate in Winkelcentrum Vathorst is almost four times the national middle, and it comes almost entirely from property crime, which here runs at nearly seven times the median. In a neighbourhood made up largely of retail space and flats that is to be expected — the rate is divided by residents, but the reports also come from visitors who only shop there.
Still, that is not the whole story, and this is the nuance that counts. Violence too sits above the national middle here, as does vandalism. The 3.0 for safety rests on more than shoplifting alone.
The amenities pillar reaches an 8.6, the flip side of the same location: supermarket, restaurant and station are all within half a kilometre. Residents are predominantly single, and the homes are almost without exception flats — a housing type you hardly encounter in the rest of Vathorst.
- no. 9,823 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 110 of 131 in Amersfoort
How Winkelcentrum Vathorst scores
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Is Winkelcentrum Vathorst a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Winkelcentrum Vathorst comes out at 85 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Winkelcentrum Vathorst is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 119 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
Winkelcentrum Vathorst has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 42%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–158%
NL median 14%
- 15–258%
NL median 11%
- 25–4542%
NL median 22%
- 45–6520%
NL median 28%
- 65+22%
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
1.7 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
49% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
18% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,312 — 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 Winkelcentrum Vathorst a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Winkelcentrum Vathorst comes out at 85 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Winkelcentrum Vathorst 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 Winkelcentrum Vathorst?
In Winkelcentrum Vathorst the police recorded 119 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (85 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 Winkelcentrum Vathorst calculated?
Winkelcentrum Vathorst scores 4.4 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 Winkelcentrum Vathorst 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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