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Bosleeuw

5,975 residents · postal code 1055 · Part of Landlust, Amsterdam

  • no. 9,998 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 350 of 454 in Amsterdam

Scores per pillar

Bosleeuw is a densely built prewar district in Amsterdam-West, almost entirely stacked housing: only three percent single-family and an ownership rate of thirty percent. Amenities score a near-perfect 9.8, but safety (3.4) and nature (2.5) trail far behind, with over 44 crimes per 1,000 residents. More than half of households are one-person; the average home value of €418,000 sits just below the median.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
0.4 km
General practitioner
0.7 km
Primary school
0.4 km
Secondary school
1.8 km
Childcare
0.3 km
Train station
2.6 km
Hospital
1.9 km
Restaurant
0.3 km
Café
0.4 km
Library
0.8 km

Safety

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

Total crimes
44.5
Violent crimes
2.4
Burglaries
0.7

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 418,000
Owner-occupied
30%
Single-family homes
3%
Built after 2000
6%
Income per resident
€ 33,000

Who lives here

0–15 13%15–25 16%25–45 40%45–65 22%65+ 9%
Average household size
1.8
Households with children
24%
Single-person households
55%
Residents per km²
17,507

Nearby neighbourhoods

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Bosleeuw calculated?

Bosleeuw scores 4.3 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 Bosleeuw a safe neighbourhood?

Bosleeuw scores 3.4 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (44.5 per year). The national median is around 24.1.