neighbourhood in Amsterdam

Buikslotermeer-Noord

2,485 residents · postal code 1025 · Part of Buikslotermeer, Amsterdam

Top 47% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

Buikslotermeer-Noord scores a 7.2 for families, and that figure is not about who lives there. Almost two thirds of that pillar is distance to schooling and childcare, and the primary school is four hundred metres away. Meanwhile the neighbourhood consists mainly of people living alone and the share of children is low; the score measures access, not an abundance of children.

The weak spot lies elsewhere. A 3.8 for wealth & income comes from several directions at once here: a property value below the national median, few households in the highest income bracket and many in the lowest, and a vacancy rate more than double what is usual nationally. Against that stands an 8.0 for safety, with violence at half the Dutch average and burglary exactly on the median.

no. 6,034 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 184 of 454 in Amsterdam

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Is Buikslotermeer-Noord a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Buikslotermeer-Noord comes out at 19 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

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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

18.7 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.6 per 1,000

Property crime

9.5 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.1 per 1,000

In 2025, 60 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

0.6 km

Train station

6.2 km

Restaurant

0.6 km

Hospital

2.0 km

Café

0.8 km

Library

2.0 km

Motorway ramp

2.0 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

€ 373,000

Welfare recipients

16.1 per 1,000

High incomes

15%

Low incomes

47%

Vacancy

11%

Owner-occupied

49%

Social housing

39%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

13%

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

5,332 inw/km²

Noise level

60 dB

Green surroundings

55%

Trees nearby

17%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,777

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.6 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

13%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

1.2 km

Residents under 15

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Buikslotermeer-Noord has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 22%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–158%
NL median 14%
15–2522%
NL median 11%
25–4530%
NL median 22%
45–6517%
NL median 28%
65+23%
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
1.5 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
69% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
13% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,332 — 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 Buikslotermeer-Noord a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Buikslotermeer-Noord comes out at 19 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Buikslotermeer-Noord?

In Buikslotermeer-Noord the police recorded 60 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (19 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 Buikslotermeer-Noord calculated?

Buikslotermeer-Noord scores 6.5 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 Buikslotermeer-Noord 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.