neighbourhood in Amstelveen

Operabuurt

2,445 residents · postal code 1183 · Part of Bankras, Kostverloren, Amstelveen

Bottom 21% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, and little room

The Operabuurt has a property value above the national median and at the same time a social assistance rate more than four times the Dutch average. The wealth & income pillar therefore gets no further than a 5.2, even though property value is the heaviest component: the other figures pull it back to the middle.

On safety, violence, burglary and theft are all three above the national median and only vandalism sits exactly on it, so the 3.6 is not the result of one type of offence. The quiet & nature figure of 3.1 belongs to the density, a noise level well above the median and greenery in the surroundings below it. The 7.8 for families leans on the primary school, which is a kilometre away.

no. 10,419 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 42 of 45 in Amstelveen

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Is Operabuurt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Operabuurt comes out at 27 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

27.3 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.7 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.7 per 1,000

Property crime

10.5 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.3 per 1,000

In 2025, 85 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

0.5 km

GP practice

1.4 km

Train station

5.3 km

Restaurant

1.1 km

Hospital

1.6 km

Café

1.5 km

Library

2.2 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

€ 473,000

Welfare recipients

36.8 per 1,000

High incomes

19%

Low incomes

42%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

26%

Social housing

49%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

40%

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

6,669 inw/km²

Noise level

59 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

2,657

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.6 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

37%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

0.9 km

Residents under 15

17%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Operabuurt looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1517%
NL median 14%
15–2513%
NL median 11%
25–4526%
NL median 22%
45–6526%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
40% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
37% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,669 — 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 Operabuurt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Operabuurt comes out at 27 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 Operabuurt?

In Operabuurt the police recorded 85 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (27 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 Operabuurt calculated?

Operabuurt scores 4.0 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 Operabuurt 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.