neighbourhood in Amsterdam
Baaibuurt-West
175 residents · postal code 1095 · Part of Zeeburgereiland/Bovendiep, Amsterdam
Everything close by, except school and childcare
Baaibuurt-West counts a hundred and seventy-five residents and three quarters of households fall in the lowest income group, against thirty-eight per cent nationally. Property value is missing from the data here, and because that component alone determines almost two fifths of the wealth & income pillar, the 3.5 rests on less than it normally would.
Safety is striking, at a 4.8. Burglary and vandalism sit below the national middle, property crime slightly above it; it is violence that weighs the score down, at more than twice the median. At a population of this size that stands for a handful of reports.
Almost eight in ten households consist of one person and children live in one in ten. With a primary school just over a kilometre away that produces a 3.4 for families — here both the population and the distance count.
- no. 12,261 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 420 of 454 in Amsterdam
This neighbourhood has few residents; figures are indicative.
How Baaibuurt-West scores
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Is Baaibuurt-West a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Baaibuurt-West comes out at 32 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.
In 2025, 17 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
Baaibuurt-West has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 44%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–157%
NL median 14%
- 15–2519%
NL median 11%
- 25–4544%
NL median 22%
- 45–6522%
NL median 28%
- 65+8%
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
1.4 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
77% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
10% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,045 — far less 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 Baaibuurt-West a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Baaibuurt-West comes out at 32 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 Baaibuurt-West?
In Baaibuurt-West the police recorded 17 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (32 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 Baaibuurt-West calculated?
Baaibuurt-West scores 3.0 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 Baaibuurt-West 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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