neighbourhood in Amsterdam

Circus/Kermisbuurt

1,330 residents · postal code 1033 · Part of Oostzanerwerf, Amsterdam

Bottom 34% in the Netherlands

Safe, but not spacious

The number of reported offences in Circus/Kermisbuurt sits almost exactly at the national middle, and yet safety scores 7.8. That comes down to the split: violence and burglary, together nearly six tenths of that pillar, both fall below the median. What does happen is property crime, which carries little weight. A neighbourhood with an average total on the counter can therefore feel calmer on the street than that total suggests.

The 3.7 for quiet & nature is not down to a lack of trees. Tree canopy here is almost double the national median and greenery sits just under the middle. Noise, by contrast, is well above the national level, and more than eight thousand people live per square kilometre. That is what pulls the pillar down.

The nearest railway station is more than six kilometres away, while supermarket, GP and school are all within a kilometre. That gap pushes the amenities pillar back to the middle.

no. 8,705 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 298 of 454 in Amsterdam

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Is Circus/Kermisbuurt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Circus/Kermisbuurt comes out at 25 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood.

The figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

25.0 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.0 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.2 per 1,000

Property crime

9.5 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.9 per 1,000

In 2025, 41 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

0.9 km

GP practice

1.3 km

Train station

6.3 km

Restaurant

1.2 km

Hospital

4.5 km

Café

2.0 km

Library

1.3 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

€ 393,000

Welfare recipients

30.1 per 1,000

High incomes

19%

Low incomes

36%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

56%

Social housing

37%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

35%

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

8,388 inw/km²

Noise level

59 dB

Green surroundings

52%

Trees nearby

17%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,952

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

29%

Childcare

1.0 km

Secondary school

0.8 km

Residents under 15

13%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Circus/Kermisbuurt has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 34%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1513%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4534%
NL median 22%
45–6528%
NL median 28%
65+15%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
46% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
29% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
8,388 — 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 Circus/Kermisbuurt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Circus/Kermisbuurt comes out at 25 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Circus/Kermisbuurt?

In Circus/Kermisbuurt the police recorded 41 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (25 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 Circus/Kermisbuurt calculated?

Circus/Kermisbuurt scores 5.0 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 Circus/Kermisbuurt 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.