neighbourhood in Amsterdam

Cruquiusbuurt

2,575 residents · postal code 1019 · Part of Oostelijk Havengebied, Amsterdam

Bottom 43% in the Netherlands

Well-off, but not spacious

The Cruquiusbuurt is home to a markedly well-off population: half of households fall in the top income group and only fifteen per cent in the bottom, against thirty-eight nationally. Even so, wealth & income gets no higher than 8.7, and that is because of vacancy, which here rises above the national level.

The families score of 4.4 is the flip side. The primary school is a good kilometre and a half away, and school distance is by far the heaviest component of that pillar. In a neighbourhood where fewer than a fifth of households have children, that coincides with who lives here.

Quiet & nature comes to 3.6 despite almost half the area being water. The building density is among the very highest in the Netherlands and greenery within three hundred metres stays far below the median — water here is not a park.

no. 7,490 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 235 of 454 in Amsterdam

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Is Cruquiusbuurt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Cruquiusbuurt comes out at 29 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

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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

29.3 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.8 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.5 per 1,000

Property crime

19.1 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.4 per 1,000

In 2025, 134 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

1.6 km

GP practice

1.6 km

Train station

2.5 km

Restaurant

0.2 km

Hospital

3.4 km

Café

0.2 km

Library

1.5 km

Motorway ramp

4.1 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

€ 660,000

Welfare recipients

7.8 per 1,000

High incomes

50%

Low incomes

15%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

33%

Social housing

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

Built after 2000

99%

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

14,727 inw/km²

Noise level

52 dB

Green surroundings

17%

Trees nearby

Water share

45%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

3,411

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.5 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

1.7 km

Households with children

19%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

1.9 km

Residents under 15

12%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Cruquiusbuurt has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 62%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1512%
NL median 14%
15–257%
NL median 11%
25–4562%
NL median 22%
45–6515%
NL median 28%
65+4%
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
1.8 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
48% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
19% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
14,727 — 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 Cruquiusbuurt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Cruquiusbuurt 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 Cruquiusbuurt?

In Cruquiusbuurt the police recorded 134 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 Cruquiusbuurt calculated?

Cruquiusbuurt scores 5.7 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 Cruquiusbuurt 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.