neighbourhood in Amsterdam

Buitenveldert-Zuid-Midden

3,920 residents · postal code 1082 · Part of Buitenveldert-West, Amsterdam

Top 18% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, safety lags

Buitenveldert-Zuid-Midden gets a 4.9 for safety without any one category standing out. Violence is just below the national median, vandalism exactly on it, theft and burglary slightly above. No outlier, but no relief anywhere either — and that is how a middling figure comes about.

The tree canopy nearby is more than twice as dense as the national norm, and still quiet & nature stops at a 5.9. The noise level is a good six decibels above the middle and people live closely together; those two together outweigh the trees.

In the wealth & income pillar the components diverge. Property values are above the national median and almost a third of households are on a high income, but the social assistance rate is more than double the national figure and so is vacancy. Hence the 6.7 rather than something higher.

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no. 57 of 454 in Amsterdam

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Is Buitenveldert-Zuid-Midden a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Buitenveldert-Zuid-Midden comes out at 27 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

The figures ⌄

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

27.1 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.2 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.2 per 1,000

Property crime

9.6 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.3 per 1,000

In 2025, 153 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

0.4 km

Train station

2.2 km

Restaurant

0.2 km

Hospital

2.4 km

Café

1.0 km

Library

1.3 km

Motorway ramp

1.9 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

€ 506,000

Welfare recipients

20.4 per 1,000

High incomes

31%

Low incomes

33%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

47%

Social housing

18%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

11%

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

7,804 inw/km²

Noise level

58 dB

Green surroundings

50%

Trees nearby

20%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

4,403

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.8 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

25%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

0.3 km

Residents under 15

15%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Buitenveldert-Zuid-Midden has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 39%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1515%
NL median 14%
15–2513%
NL median 11%
25–4539%
NL median 22%
45–6521%
NL median 28%
65+12%
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
1.9 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
52% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
25% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
7,804 — 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 Buitenveldert-Zuid-Midden a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Buitenveldert-Zuid-Midden comes out at 27 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. 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 Buitenveldert-Zuid-Midden?

In Buitenveldert-Zuid-Midden the police recorded 153 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (27 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 Buitenveldert-Zuid-Midden calculated?

Buitenveldert-Zuid-Midden scores 8.7 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 Buitenveldert-Zuid-Midden 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.