neighbourhood in Amsterdam

Bellamybuurt-Noord

2,390 residents · postal code 1053 · Part of Bellamybuurt, Amsterdam

Top 32% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

With almost twenty-five thousand residents per square kilometre, Bellamybuurt-Noord is among the most densely populated in the country, and that pushes the quiet pillar down to a 3.6. Strikingly, the tree canopy in the surroundings is in fact slightly more generous than the national median; what is missing is land that counts as green.

Crime is only just above the national median and is almost entirely property crime. Violence and vandalism both stay below it, which is not a given for a neighbourhood with this kind of bustle.

The wealth & income pillar splits in two directions. Property value is well above the national median and three in ten households fall into the highest income group, but the social assistance rate is far above the national level.

no. 4,140 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 118 of 454 in Amsterdam

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Is Bellamybuurt-Noord a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Bellamybuurt-Noord comes out at 27 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

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Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

27.2 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.2 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.9 per 1,000

Property crime

14.1 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.6 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

0.4 km

GP practice

0.4 km

Train station

3.2 km

Restaurant

0.1 km

Hospital

2.2 km

Café

0.1 km

Library

0.7 km

Motorway ramp

2.1 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

€ 556,000

Welfare recipients

37.7 per 1,000

High incomes

30%

Low incomes

35%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

25%

Social housing

32%

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

24,907 inw/km²

Noise level

56 dB

Green surroundings

24%

Trees nearby

10%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

12,496

Fine particles (PM2.5)

10.0 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

0.5 km

Households with children

17%

Childcare

0.2 km

Secondary school

1.1 km

Residents under 15

10%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Bellamybuurt-Noord has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 45%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1510%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4545%
NL median 22%
45–6522%
NL median 28%
65+12%
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
1.7 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
56% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
17% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
24,907 — 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 Bellamybuurt-Noord a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Bellamybuurt-Noord 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 Bellamybuurt-Noord?

In Bellamybuurt-Noord the police recorded 113 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 Bellamybuurt-Noord calculated?

Bellamybuurt-Noord scores 7.6 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 Bellamybuurt-Noord 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.