neighbourhood in Apeldoorn

Kerschoten

3,695 residents · postal code 7316 · Part of Noord, Apeldoorn

Bottom 25% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

Property offences in Kerschoten occur more than one and a half times as often as in the average Dutch neighbourhood, making up almost half of all reported offences. Violence, burglary and vandalism deviate only slightly from the national median. That makes the 4.1 for safety mainly a story about what goes missing, not about what happens on the street after dark.

The 3.6 for wealth & income has a sharper cause. Social assistance runs almost five times the national rate, high incomes are considerably rarer and property values lag behind; only vacancy is low. Meanwhile the nearness delivers an 8.0 for amenities, with supermarket, GP and school all within six hundred metres and the station just over three kilometres away.

no. 9,932 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 66 of 87 in Apeldoorn

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Is Kerschoten a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Kerschoten comes out at 34 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

The figures ⌄

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

34.0 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.0 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.7 per 1,000

Property crime

15.2 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.8 per 1,000

In 2025, 162 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

0.6 km

GP practice

0.5 km

Train station

3.4 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

3.7 km

Café

1.5 km

Library

2.1 km

Motorway ramp

2.7 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

€ 312,000

Welfare recipients

37.9 per 1,000

High incomes

12%

Low incomes

43%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

37%

Social housing

46%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

51%

Built after 2000

13%

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

3,833 inw/km²

Noise level

53 dB

Green surroundings

44%

Trees nearby

13%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,664

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.0 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

0.5 km

Households with children

27%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

0.7 km

Residents under 15

14%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Kerschoten looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4526%
NL median 22%
45–6525%
NL median 28%
65+25%
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
1.9 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
48% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
27% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,833 — 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 Kerschoten a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Kerschoten comes out at 34 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. 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 Kerschoten?

In Kerschoten the police recorded 162 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (34 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 Kerschoten calculated?

Kerschoten scores 4.3 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 Kerschoten 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.