neighbourhood in Amsterdam

Bosleeuw

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

Bottom 22% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

In Bosleeuw a good half of addresses are occupied by one person and almost nobody lives in a single-family home. Still, there is a 7.8 for families. That score mainly measures distances — primary school, childcare and secondary education together account for almost two thirds — and in this Amsterdam neighbourhood those lie close together. So it says something about the accessibility of education, not about how many children live there.

The wealth pillar comes out lower than you would expect with a property value around the national middle. Social assistance use here is seven times as high as in the average Dutch neighbourhood, and the bottom income group is clearly thicker than elsewhere; the top one hardly deviates. The 2.7 for quiet & nature goes with a density of almost eighteen thousand residents per square kilometre and a noise level far above the Dutch line.

no. 10,200 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 356 of 454 in Amsterdam

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Is Bosleeuw a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Bosleeuw comes out at 44 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Bosleeuw is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most 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

44.5 per 1,000

Violent crime

4.4 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.7 per 1,000

Property crime

22.1 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.4 per 1,000

In 2025, 411 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

0.4 km

GP practice

0.7 km

Train station

2.6 km

Restaurant

0.3 km

Hospital

1.9 km

Café

0.4 km

Library

0.8 km

Motorway ramp

0.7 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

€ 418,000

Welfare recipients

55.2 per 1,000

High incomes

20%

Low incomes

45%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

30%

Social housing

51%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

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

17,507 inw/km²

Noise level

59 dB

Green surroundings

34%

Trees nearby

11%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

6,636

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.4 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

24%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

1.8 km

Residents under 15

13%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Bosleeuw has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 40%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1513%
NL median 14%
15–2516%
NL median 11%
25–4540%
NL median 22%
45–6522%
NL median 28%
65+9%
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
1.8 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
55% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
24% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
17,507 — 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 Bosleeuw a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Bosleeuw comes out at 44 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Bosleeuw 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 Bosleeuw?

In Bosleeuw the police recorded 411 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (44 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 Bosleeuw calculated?

Bosleeuw scores 4.1 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 Bosleeuw 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.