neighbourhood in Amsterdam
Cornelis Schuytbuurt
2,905 residents · postal code 1071 · Part of Museumkwartier, Amsterdam
Everything close by, little space
The 3.8 for safety in Cornelis Schuytbuurt does not come from violence. That sits below the national middle here. It comes from what goes missing: property offences run at more than double the ordinary Dutch neighbourhood and burglaries at almost four times. That is the picture of a place with plenty to take and plenty of passers-by, not of a neighbourhood where things go wrong on the street after dark.
On wealth and income it is strong across almost the whole line: expensive homes, many households in the top income group, little social assistance. One figure departs from that, and it is a striking one: one in every six addresses is vacant, four times as often as nationally. In the country's priciest property, vacancy turns out not to signal a lack of demand.
The 3.7 for quiet and nature is the flip side of that same location. At this building density little green space is left and traffic noise is above the national level; open water is absent altogether.
- no. 2,681 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 72 of 454 in Amsterdam
How Cornelis Schuytbuurt scores
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Is Cornelis Schuytbuurt a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Cornelis Schuytbuurt comes out at 34 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.
In 2025, 197 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
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The figures ⌄Amenities
Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄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.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Quiet & nature
How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
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
The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Tick = Dutch median
Who lives here
Cornelis Schuytbuurt has strikingly few residents aged 65 and over: 15%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1516%
NL median 14%
- 15–2513%
NL median 11%
- 25–4528%
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
45% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
28% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
14,918 — 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 Cornelis Schuytbuurt a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Cornelis Schuytbuurt comes out at 34 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 Cornelis Schuytbuurt?
In Cornelis Schuytbuurt the police recorded 197 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (34 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 Cornelis Schuytbuurt calculated?
Cornelis Schuytbuurt scores 8.5 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 Cornelis Schuytbuurt 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.
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