neighbourhood in Zeist

Griffensteijn/Kersbergen

3,040 residents · postal code 3703 · Part of Zeist-West, Zeist

Top 19% in the Netherlands

Safe, and nowhere really weak

Property values in Griffensteijn/Kersbergen are well above the national median and almost a third of households have a high income. Even so, the 7.3 for wealth & income is no free pass: the number of social assistance claims here is more than twice as high as in an average Dutch neighbourhood and the share of low incomes does not differ from the national level. A mixed picture behind a high average.

Greenery is the other striking side. There is more greenery in the immediate surroundings than in most Dutch neighbourhoods and the tree canopy is more than twice as thick as nationally, which explains why quiet & nature comes out at a 6.9 here rather than at the low scores densely built neighbourhoods usually get.

The primary school is a kilometre away, and that is where the 6.6 for families sticks — distance weighs more in that pillar than the share of households with children.

no. 2,455 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 14 of 33 in Zeist

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Is Griffensteijn/Kersbergen a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Griffensteijn/Kersbergen comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Griffensteijn/Kersbergen is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.

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Safety

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

Total crime

15.5 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.9 per 1,000

Property crime

5.8 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.3 per 1,000

In 2025, 60 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

1.0 km

GP practice

1.2 km

Train station

3.5 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

3.2 km

Café

1.2 km

Library

2.0 km

Motorway ramp

3.2 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

€ 570,000

Welfare recipients

19.7 per 1,000

High incomes

32%

Low incomes

37%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

62%

Social housing

28%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

59%

Built after 2000

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

4,794 inw/km²

Noise level

51 dB

Green surroundings

61%

Trees nearby

21%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,976

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.8 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

1.0 km

Households with children

36%

Childcare

1.0 km

Secondary school

1.4 km

Residents under 15

19%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Griffensteijn/Kersbergen has strikingly many children under 15: 19%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1519%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4521%
NL median 22%
45–6527%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
38% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
36% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,794 — 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 Griffensteijn/Kersbergen a safe neighbourhood?

How much crime is there in Griffensteijn/Kersbergen?

In Griffensteijn/Kersbergen the police recorded 60 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (15 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 Griffensteijn/Kersbergen calculated?

Griffensteijn/Kersbergen scores 8.6 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 Griffensteijn/Kersbergen 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.