neighbourhood in Amsterdam
Aetsveld-Zuid
1,725 residents · postal code 1383 · Part of Aetsveld/Oostelijke Vechtoever, Amsterdam
Safe, but not spacious
Aetsveld-Zuid earns a 10.0 for safety, and the score stands on four legs at once: violence, burglary, property crime and vandalism all fall below the national median here, violence at a quarter of it. That is rare — most neighbourhoods with a low overall offence figure still have one type breaking ranks.
The quiet & nature pillar, by contrast, stays at 5.3, and not because it is noisy: noise is only slightly above the national middle and there is more greenery within three hundred metres than the Dutch average. What holds the pillar back is tree canopy, which does not reach two thirds of the national level, and a population density of more than seven thousand per square kilometre. Green on the map here is mostly grass, not woodland.
For anyone looking for a school: it is five hundred metres away, as are the supermarket and the GP. The railway station is the only amenity that demands a real journey.
- no. 127 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 3 of 454 in Amsterdam
How Aetsveld-Zuid scores
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Is Aetsveld-Zuid a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Aetsveld-Zuid comes out at 11 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Aetsveld-Zuid is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 15 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
The age profile of Aetsveld-Zuid looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4523%
NL median 22%
- 45–6527%
NL median 28%
- 65+26%
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
34% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
32% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
7,186 — 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 Aetsveld-Zuid a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Aetsveld-Zuid comes out at 11 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Aetsveld-Zuid is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Aetsveld-Zuid?
In Aetsveld-Zuid the police recorded 15 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (11 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 Aetsveld-Zuid calculated?
Aetsveld-Zuid scores 9.9 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 Aetsveld-Zuid 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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