neighbourhood in Amsterdam

Buitenveldert-Zuidwest

4,530 residents · postal code 1081 · Part of Buitenveldert-West, Amsterdam

Top 37% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, safety lags

Burglary in Buitenveldert-Zuidwest occurs almost five times as often as in the average Dutch neighbourhood, and together with violence and theft above the national median that explains the 3.3 for safety. Only vandalism stays below.

The second figure that stands out sits in the wealth & income pillar: more than one in eight homes is vacant, three times the national level, while property value and the share of top incomes are far above it. Vacancy on this scale in expensive housing stock is a different story from a neighbourhood falling behind.

That the quiet & nature pillar still reaches 6.4 despite a noise level far above the median comes down to the trees: the canopy within three hundred metres is nearly three times as thick as is usual nationally. Green and quiet do not go together here.

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no. 135 of 454 in Amsterdam

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Is Buitenveldert-Zuidwest a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Buitenveldert-Zuidwest comes out at 29 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

28.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.9 per 1,000

Burglaries

2.9 per 1,000

Property crime

12.7 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 224 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

0.5 km

Train station

2.5 km

Restaurant

0.3 km

Hospital

1.5 km

Café

0.7 km

Library

1.7 km

Motorway ramp

1.6 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

€ 581,000

Welfare recipients

13.2 per 1,000

High incomes

34%

Low incomes

34%

Vacancy

13%

Owner-occupied

36%

Social housing

25%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

23%

Built after 2000

15%

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

6,473 inw/km²

Noise level

59 dB

Green surroundings

54%

Trees nearby

23%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,960

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

1.0 km

Households with children

20%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

0.5 km

Residents under 15

14%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Buitenveldert-Zuidwest has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 30%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–259%
NL median 11%
25–4530%
NL median 22%
45–6521%
NL median 28%
65+27%
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
1.7 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
57% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
20% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,473 — 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-Zuidwest a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Buitenveldert-Zuidwest comes out at 29 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-Zuidwest?

In Buitenveldert-Zuidwest the police recorded 224 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (29 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-Zuidwest calculated?

Buitenveldert-Zuidwest scores 7.3 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-Zuidwest 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.