neighbourhood in Amsterdam

Banne-Noordwest

2,590 residents · postal code 1034 · Part of Banne Buiksloot, Amsterdam

Bottom 48% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, thinner wallets

The 9.7 for families in Banne-Noordwest says less about children than it appears to. That pillar is largely about the distance to schools and childcare, and the primary school here is three hundred metres away. A family walks there in five minutes; that is what the figure measures.

Underneath sits a picture of wealth in which every component points the same way. The rate of social assistance is almost nine times the national middle, households on a high income are less than half as common as usual, and the property value is well under the median. Not one measurement contradicts the picture — this is not a statistical outlier but the structure of the neighbourhood.

The 4.1 for safety does not come from bicycles and burglaries alone. Violence and property offences both sit above the national figure, and violence in particular pushes this score down. That makes it a different kind of insecurity from the one you find in a busy shopping centre.

no. 6,905 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 214 of 454 in Amsterdam

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Is Banne-Noordwest a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Banne-Noordwest 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.

Total crime

31.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.8 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.6 per 1,000

Property crime

10.8 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.1 per 1,000

In 2025, 113 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

0.7 km

GP practice

0.6 km

Train station

7.0 km

Restaurant

0.6 km

Hospital

1.3 km

Café

0.8 km

Library

0.8 km

Motorway ramp

1.6 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

€ 337,000

Welfare recipients

69.5 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

53%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

21%

Social housing

73%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

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

8,501 inw/km²

Noise level

57 dB

Green surroundings

56%

Trees nearby

11%

Water share

12%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,156

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

0.3 km

Households with children

35%

Childcare

0.2 km

Secondary school

1.3 km

Residents under 15

18%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Banne-Noordwest has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 16%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1518%
NL median 14%
15–2516%
NL median 11%
25–4530%
NL median 22%
45–6523%
NL median 28%
65+13%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
52% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
35% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
8,501 — 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 Banne-Noordwest a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Banne-Noordwest 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 Banne-Noordwest?

In Banne-Noordwest the police recorded 113 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 Banne-Noordwest calculated?

Banne-Noordwest scores 6.0 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 Banne-Noordwest 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.