neighbourhood in Amsterdam

Cremerbuurt-West

5,580 residents · postal code 1054 · Part of Overtoomse Sluis, Amsterdam

Top 26% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

In Cremerbuurt-West one in six households has children at home, well below the national picture, and yet there is a 6.8 for families. That is because this pillar mainly measures distance: the primary school is a few hundred metres away, and school distance weighs more heavily in it than the share of children. A high families figure here means accessibility, not a street full of children.

The 4.1 for quiet comes from more than noise. Most striking is the greenery: within walking distance about a third of the surroundings is green, against well over half in the average Dutch neighbourhood. The tree canopy is in fact above it — there are trees, but hardly any open greenery. At a population density of this order that is to be expected. Set against it is the wealth: the property value lies considerably above the national middle and the top income group is almost twice as broad as usual.

no. 3,358 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 95 of 454 in Amsterdam

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Is Cremerbuurt-West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Cremerbuurt-West comes out at 26 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood.

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Safety

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

Total crime

26.5 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.5 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.6 per 1,000

Property crime

16.2 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.6 per 1,000

In 2025, 264 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

0.7 km

Train station

2.2 km

Restaurant

0.1 km

Hospital

3.0 km

Café

0.3 km

Library

1.2 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

€ 556,000

Welfare recipients

25.1 per 1,000

High incomes

37%

Low incomes

29%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

34%

Social housing

19%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

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

28,368 inw/km²

Noise level

56 dB

Green surroundings

32%

Trees nearby

14%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

9,800

Fine particles (PM2.5)

10.0 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

15%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

1.3 km

Residents under 15

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Cremerbuurt-West has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 50%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–159%
NL median 14%
15–259%
NL median 11%
25–4550%
NL median 22%
45–6521%
NL median 28%
65+10%
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
1.6 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
59% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
15% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
28,368 — 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 Cremerbuurt-West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Cremerbuurt-West comes out at 26 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 Cremerbuurt-West?

In Cremerbuurt-West the police recorded 264 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (26 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 Cremerbuurt-West calculated?

Cremerbuurt-West scores 8.1 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 Cremerbuurt-West 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.