neighbourhood in Amstelveen
Kruiskerkbuurt
2,365 residents · postal code 1181 · Part of Elsrijk, Amstelveen
Well-off, but not spacious
A property value more than twice the national median lifts the wealth & income pillar of Kruiskerkbuurt to 9.5, and the other components work with it: a top income group covering more than two fifths, little vacancy, social assistance around the national middle.
That prosperity shows up in the offence picture, but not as expected. Violence is at a quarter of the national value, property crime and criminal damage below it — but burglary is more than five times above it. That is the only type out of step and it keeps the safety pillar at 7.8 rather than higher.
Quiet & nature gets no further than 3.3. There is no water, the noise level is almost six decibels above the median and the share of green below it. The tree canopy is well above the national level, but that counts for a fifth and cannot offset the rest.
- no. 703 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 3 of 45 in Amstelveen
How Kruiskerkbuurt scores
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Is Kruiskerkbuurt a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Kruiskerkbuurt comes out at 17 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer 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.
In 2025, 55 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
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The figures ⌄Amenities
Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄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.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Quiet & nature
How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
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
The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Tick = Dutch median
Who lives here
Kruiskerkbuurt has strikingly many children under 15: 21%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1521%
NL median 14%
- 15–2513%
NL median 11%
- 25–4516%
NL median 22%
- 45–6532%
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
2.6 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
26% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
49% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,333 — 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 Kruiskerkbuurt a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Kruiskerkbuurt comes out at 17 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 Kruiskerkbuurt?
In Kruiskerkbuurt the police recorded 55 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (17 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 Kruiskerkbuurt calculated?
Kruiskerkbuurt scores 9.6 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 Kruiskerkbuurt 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.
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