neighbourhood in Amsterdam
Columbusplein e.o.
3,395 residents · postal code 1057 · Part of Hoofdweg e.o., Amsterdam
- no. 8,742 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
- no. 310 of 454 in Amsterdam
Scores per pillar
Little in Amsterdam packs in tighter than the Columbusplein, where more than twenty-three thousand people live per square kilometre, all in older walk-up blocks and 57 percent of them alone. Barely one in five homes is owner-occupied. Amenities score close to the ceiling at 9.8, a restaurant two hundred metres away. Safety stands opposite at 3.1, against thirty-odd recorded crimes per thousand people present — adjusted for the crush of shops and cafés.
Amenities nearby
Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year (residents plus business activity, see method). Small neighbourhoods are statistically smoothed.
per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)
Housing
Who lives here
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Frequently asked questions
How is the grade for Columbusplein e.o. calculated?
Columbusplein e.o. scores 5.0 overall. That is a weighted average of five pillars: safety, amenities, housing, social & income, and nature & quiet. Each pillar compares this neighbourhood with every other neighbourhood in the Netherlands, using open data from CBS and the police.
Is Columbusplein e.o. a safe neighbourhood?
Columbusplein e.o. scores 3.1 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (33.5 per year). The national median is around 24.1.