neighbourhood in Amersfoort
Zuiderzeestedenbuurt-Oost
2,565 residents · postal code 3826 · Part of Vathorst-De Laak, Amersfoort
Everything for children close by, and little room
With a 9.5, Zuiderzeestedenbuurt-Oost is among the highest overall scores in the country, and what stands out is that no pillar dips below 4.5. The weakest is quiet & nature, and that is not down to noise alone: the tree canopy here does not reach three quarters of the national level, while a fifth of the surface is water. On recently built-up land that is a familiar pattern — the trees are not there yet.
The safety score of 9.1 rests on well over half fewer reports than nationally, with violence, property crime and vandalism all three below the median.
On wealth it is mainly the property value that lifts: it is above the median and more than a third of households have a high income. The rate of social assistance, though, is double the normal level, so this is not a well-off neighbourhood on every measurement.
- no. 859 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 28 of 131 in Amersfoort
How Zuiderzeestedenbuurt-Oost scores
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Is Zuiderzeestedenbuurt-Oost a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Zuiderzeestedenbuurt-Oost comes out at 14 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Zuiderzeestedenbuurt-Oost is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest 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, 42 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
Zuiderzeestedenbuurt-Oost has strikingly few residents aged 65 and over: 9%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1520%
NL median 14%
- 15–2512%
NL median 11%
- 25–4530%
NL median 22%
- 45–6528%
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
2.4 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
31% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
44% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
13,106 — 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 Zuiderzeestedenbuurt-Oost a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Zuiderzeestedenbuurt-Oost comes out at 14 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Zuiderzeestedenbuurt-Oost is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Zuiderzeestedenbuurt-Oost?
In Zuiderzeestedenbuurt-Oost the police recorded 42 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (14 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 Zuiderzeestedenbuurt-Oost calculated?
Zuiderzeestedenbuurt-Oost scores 9.5 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 Zuiderzeestedenbuurt-Oost 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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