neighbourhood in Amsterdam

Borneo

2,695 residents · postal code 1019 · Part of Oostelijk Havengebied, Amsterdam

Top 3% in the Netherlands

Safe, but not spacious

More than half the surface of Borneo is water, and still the quiet & nature pillar stands at 3.6. That is because water determines only a fifth of that pillar, while green space and tree canopy here are among the lowest in the country and density exceeds twenty-two thousand residents per square kilometre. Noise levels, by contrast, are below the national middle — this place is stony rather than loud.

Against that sits a 9.4 for safety, with all four types of offence below the Dutch median. The wealth & income pillar reaches 9.2 and that is largely property value, which comes to almost double the Dutch median; the share of high incomes is far above the national level. One component points the other way: the social assistance rate here is more than twice the national level, showing that this part of the Oostelijk Havengebied is more mixed than the overall score suggests.

no. 364 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 6 of 454 in Amsterdam

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Is Borneo a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Borneo comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Borneo is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.

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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

15.4 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.4 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.3 per 1,000

Property crime

6.3 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.2 per 1,000

In 2025, 66 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

0.9 km

Train station

2.3 km

Restaurant

0.2 km

Hospital

3.3 km

Café

1.0 km

Library

1.5 km

Motorway ramp

3.7 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

€ 782,000

Welfare recipients

18.6 per 1,000

High incomes

38%

Low incomes

32%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

38%

Social housing

25%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

17%

Built after 2000

40%

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

22,720 inw/km²

Noise level

51 dB

Green surroundings

11%

Trees nearby

Water share

56%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

4,494

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.7 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

40%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

1.0 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Borneo has strikingly few residents aged 65 and over: 10%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–2513%
NL median 11%
25–4527%
NL median 22%
45–6534%
NL median 28%
65+10%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
34% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
40% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
22,720 — 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 Borneo a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Borneo comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Borneo is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Borneo?

In Borneo the police recorded 66 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (15 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 Borneo calculated?

Borneo scores 9.8 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 Borneo 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.