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neighbourhood in Amsterdam

Bloemgrachtbuurt

2,955 residents · postal code 1016 · Part of Jordaan, Amsterdam

  • no. 4,876 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 189 of 454 in Amsterdam

Scores per pillar

The Bloemgrachtbuurt sits in Amsterdam's Jordaan, densely built at nearly 26,000 residents per square kilometre along narrow canals with heavy tourism. Two in three households are single-person and barely seven per cent have children. Amenities score 9.7 and the average value is 630,000 euro. Safety stands at 2.7, at 43 crimes per 1,000 people present, partly through visitor pressure. Greenery (3.3) is scarce.

Amenities nearby

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Large supermarket
0.5 km
General practitioner
0.4 km
Primary school
0.5 km
Secondary school
1.0 km
Childcare
0.4 km
Train station
2.3 km
Hospital
1.2 km
Restaurant
0.2 km
Café
0.2 km
Library
1.3 km

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year (residents plus business activity, see method). Small neighbourhoods are statistically smoothed.

Total crimes
43.3
Violent crimes
3.0
Burglaries
1.6

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 630,000
Owner-occupied
35%
Single-family homes
7%
Built after 2000
5%
Income per resident
€ 48,000

Who lives here

0–15 7%15–25 14%25–45 37%45–65 26%65+ 16%
Average household size
1.5
Households with children
12%
Single-person households
64%
Residents per km²
25,973

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Bloemgrachtbuurt calculated?

Bloemgrachtbuurt scores 7.2 overall. That is a weighted average of five pillars: safety, amenities, housing, social & income, and nature & quiet. Each pillar compares this neighbourhood with every other neighbourhood in the Netherlands, using open data from CBS and the police.

Is Bloemgrachtbuurt a safe neighbourhood?

Bloemgrachtbuurt scores 2.7 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (43.3 per year). The national median is around 24.1.