neighbourhood in Amsterdam

Bloemenbuurt-Zuid

2,540 residents · postal code 1032 · Part of Volewijck, Amsterdam

Bottom 41% in the Netherlands

Good for children, with a safety question

Property values in Bloemenbuurt-Zuid are above the national median, and still wealth & income gets no further than 4.4. That shows how strongly the other components pull the other way: the social assistance rate is eight times the national one, more than half of households have a low income and high incomes are scarce.

Safety stands at 3.8. Theft is well above the national midpoint and violence too is more frequent than average; burglary is the only type sitting exactly on the median.

Accessibility stands against that. Shop, doctor, restaurant and primary school are all four within seven hundred metres, good for an 8.8 on amenities and a large part of the 9.0 for families. Living here means having a lot close by, and paying for it in the other two pillars.

no. 7,764 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 251 of 454 in Amsterdam

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Is Bloemenbuurt-Zuid a safe neighbourhood?

The figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

38.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

4.4 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.6 per 1,000

Property crime

15.4 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 150 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

0.5 km

GP practice

0.7 km

Train station

5.3 km

Restaurant

0.2 km

Hospital

2.1 km

Café

0.3 km

Library

0.9 km

Motorway ramp

3.3 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

€ 480,000

Welfare recipients

63.0 per 1,000

High incomes

12%

Low incomes

54%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

Social housing

81%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

17%

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

7,096 inw/km²

Noise level

57 dB

Green surroundings

37%

Trees nearby

11%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

3,507

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.9 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

0.4 km

Households with children

30%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

0.8 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Bloemenbuurt-Zuid has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 33%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4533%
NL median 22%
45–6525%
NL median 28%
65+15%
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
1.9 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
51% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
30% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
7,096 — 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-Zuid a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Bloemenbuurt-Zuid comes out at 39 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Bloemenbuurt-Zuid is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes. 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-Zuid?

In Bloemenbuurt-Zuid the police recorded 150 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (39 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-Zuid calculated?

Bloemenbuurt-Zuid scores 5.5 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-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.