neighbourhood in Almere

Ambachtsmark, Vrijmark en Zuidmark

1,070 residents · postal code 1355 · Part of De Marken, Almere

Top 42% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, thinner wallets

Few neighbourhoods in the Netherlands score as high on families as Ambachtsmark, Vrijmark en Zuidmark: a 9.9, with the primary school three hundred metres away and almost half of households having children.

Against that stands a 4.6 for safety, and it cannot be explained by theft, because that figure is below the national middle. It is violence and burglary that rise above it, and violence is the component that counts most heavily in this pillar.

The wealth & income pillar comes out at a 3.7: just over a quarter of homes are owner-occupied, the social assistance rate is far above the national middle and few high-income households live here. Only vacancy is close to zero.

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no. 108 of 174 in Almere

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Is Ambachtsmark, Vrijmark en Zuidmark a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Ambachtsmark, Vrijmark en Zuidmark comes out at 25 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood.

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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

24.6 per 1,000

Violent crime

4.9 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.3 per 1,000

Property crime

6.5 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.2 per 1,000

In 2025, 32 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

0.4 km

GP practice

1.5 km

Train station

4.4 km

Restaurant

1.6 km

Hospital

4.9 km

Café

1.0 km

Library

1.7 km

Motorway ramp

1.5 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

€ 322,000

Welfare recipients

37.4 per 1,000

High incomes

11%

Low incomes

47%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

27%

Social housing

53%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

69%

Built after 2000

19%

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

5,358 inw/km²

Noise level

55 dB

Green surroundings

57%

Trees nearby

16%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,739

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.1 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

45%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

1.6 km

Residents under 15

21%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Ambachtsmark, Vrijmark en Zuidmark has strikingly many children under 15: 21%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1521%
NL median 14%
15–2516%
NL median 11%
25–4525%
NL median 22%
45–6521%
NL median 28%
65+18%
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
36% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
45% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,358 — 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 Ambachtsmark, Vrijmark en Zuidmark a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Ambachtsmark, Vrijmark en Zuidmark comes out at 25 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Ambachtsmark, Vrijmark en Zuidmark?

In Ambachtsmark, Vrijmark en Zuidmark the police recorded 32 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (25 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 Ambachtsmark, Vrijmark en Zuidmark calculated?

Ambachtsmark, Vrijmark en Zuidmark scores 6.9 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 Ambachtsmark, Vrijmark en Zuidmark 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.