neighbourhood in Amstelveen

Betsy Perkbuurt

1,735 residents · postal code 1187 · Part of Bovenkerk - Westwijk Noord, Amstelveen

Top 37% in the Netherlands

Well-off, but not spacious

Burglaries in Betsy Perkbuurt occur almost five times as often as in the average Dutch neighbourhood, while the total number of reported offences is in fact below the national middle. Because burglary determines more than a quarter of the safety pillar, the score stays at a 6.6 for an area that looks calm on the total. Anyone moving here would do well to take their locks seriously.

The 3.4 for quiet & nature comes from three directions at once. Population density is high, the noise level is above the Dutch middle and greenery within three hundred metres is clearly below it. The five components of that pillar carry equal weight, so three setbacks leave little standing.

On income the neighbourhood does score strongly, at a 7.9, and here that comes from several sides: property value is above the national figure, the highest income group is almost twice the average size and social assistance is less common than elsewhere.

no. 4,779 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 25 of 45 in Amstelveen

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Is Betsy Perkbuurt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Betsy Perkbuurt comes out at 19 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

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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

19.4 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.7 per 1,000

Burglaries

2.8 per 1,000

Property crime

6.6 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.3 per 1,000

In 2025, 36 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

1.3 km

Train station

8.8 km

Restaurant

0.7 km

Hospital

3.8 km

Café

1.7 km

Library

0.8 km

Motorway ramp

1.3 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

€ 510,000

Welfare recipients

5.8 per 1,000

High incomes

34%

Low incomes

28%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

49%

Social housing

10%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

50%

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

8,207 inw/km²

Noise level

57 dB

Green surroundings

36%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,065

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.4 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

0.7 km

Households with children

36%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

2.1 km

Residents under 15

17%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Betsy Perkbuurt has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 31%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1517%
NL median 14%
15–257%
NL median 11%
25–4531%
NL median 22%
45–6525%
NL median 28%
65+19%
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
36% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
36% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
8,207 — 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 Betsy Perkbuurt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Betsy Perkbuurt comes out at 19 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Betsy Perkbuurt?

In Betsy Perkbuurt the police recorded 36 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (19 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 Betsy Perkbuurt calculated?

Betsy Perkbuurt scores 7.3 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 Betsy Perkbuurt 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.