neighbourhood in Amstelveen

Bovenkerk

3,175 residents · postal code 1187 · Part of Bovenkerk - Westwijk Noord, Amstelveen

Top 33% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, and little room

The sound level in Bovenkerk is almost seven decibels above the national median, and on that scale it is a large difference. Together with a share of greenery below the middle, it explains the 3.6 for quiet & nature in a neighbourhood that, at just over four thousand residents per square kilometre, is not particularly crowded.

The safety pillar stalls at a 3.9, and not only because of property crime, although that runs at nearly double the national middle here. Violence is above it as well, and that is the heaviest category. Anyone writing this area off as a place with theft alone is misreading the figures.

Against that stands the neighbourhood's strongest combination: a wealth & income column in which property value, high incomes, low incomes and social assistance all come out favourably, and a 9.6 for families with school, GP and supermarket within a kilometre.

no. 4,232 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 20 of 45 in Amstelveen

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Is Bovenkerk a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Bovenkerk comes out at 33 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

32.7 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.3 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.0 per 1,000

Property crime

17.2 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.6 per 1,000

In 2025, 156 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

0.9 km

GP practice

0.5 km

Train station

8.2 km

Restaurant

0.4 km

Hospital

3.4 km

Café

1.9 km

Library

1.4 km

Motorway ramp

0.9 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

€ 618,000

Welfare recipients

9.4 per 1,000

High incomes

30%

Low incomes

36%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

52%

Social housing

40%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

66%

Built after 2000

60%

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

4,152 inw/km²

Noise level

58 dB

Green surroundings

44%

Trees nearby

12%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,499

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.3 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

41%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

1.5 km

Residents under 15

19%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

0–1519%
NL median 14%
15–2513%
NL median 11%
25–4520%
NL median 22%
45–6530%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
36% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
41% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,152 — 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 Bovenkerk a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Bovenkerk comes out at 33 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 Bovenkerk?

In Bovenkerk the police recorded 156 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (33 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 Bovenkerk calculated?

Bovenkerk scores 7.6 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 Bovenkerk 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.