neighbourhood in Amsterdam

Bloemenbuurt-Noord

2,460 residents · postal code 1032 · Part of Volewijck, Amsterdam

Bottom 41% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, thinner wallets

Bloemenbuurt-Noord has a property value above the national median and at the same time a social assistance rate almost nine times above it. Those two together make the 4.6 for wealth & income: the heaviest component of that pillar points up, all the others down, with almost half of households in the lowest income bracket.

On safety it is not only about theft. Violence and vandalism are both above the Dutch average, vandalism at more than double; only burglary stays below. That makes the 4.7 a broader figure than it is in many city neighbourhoods. For families the neighbourhood arrives at an 8.0, with the primary school seven hundred metres away, so access to education is better arranged here than the wealth figure suggests.

no. 7,744 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 250 of 454 in Amsterdam

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Is Bloemenbuurt-Noord a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Bloemenbuurt-Noord 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

32.2 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.4 per 1,000

Property crime

13.2 per 1,000

Vandalism

5.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 115 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

1.0 km

GP practice

1.1 km

Train station

5.4 km

Restaurant

0.3 km

Hospital

1.7 km

Café

0.7 km

Library

1.3 km

Motorway ramp

2.9 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

€ 450,000

Welfare recipients

69.1 per 1,000

High incomes

15%

Low incomes

46%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

28%

Social housing

67%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

53%

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

7,110 inw/km²

Noise level

54 dB

Green surroundings

45%

Trees nearby

13%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

3,411

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.8 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

0.7 km

Households with children

33%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

0.4 km

Residents under 15

18%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Bloemenbuurt-Noord has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 31%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1518%
NL median 14%
15–257%
NL median 11%
25–4531%
NL median 22%
45–6525%
NL median 28%
65+19%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
44% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
33% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
7,110 — 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 Bloemenbuurt-Noord a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Bloemenbuurt-Noord 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 Bloemenbuurt-Noord?

In Bloemenbuurt-Noord the police recorded 115 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 Bloemenbuurt-Noord calculated?

Bloemenbuurt-Noord scores 5.6 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 Bloemenbuurt-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.