neighbourhood in Amsterdam

De Aker-West

4,525 residents · postal code 1060 · Part of De Aker, Amsterdam

Bottom 48% in the Netherlands

Well-off, but not spacious

De Aker-West is a prosperous neighbourhood with a low quiet & nature score, and those two have less to do with each other than it seems. The 3.4 comes from the greenery: there is considerably less of it within three hundred metres than is usual nationally, and the tree canopy is thinner still. There is water, well above the median, but that counts for as much as each of the other four components.

The wealth & income pillar reaches 7.5 on a property value far above the national median and a vacancy rate below it. The social assistance rate is the only component pointing the other way.

Among the offences everything is at or below the national median, which produces a 7.2 for safety. What the neighbourhood lacks is the shop around the corner: supermarket, GP and primary school are all three more than a kilometre away, and that pushes the amenities score down to 5.2.

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no. 213 of 454 in Amsterdam

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Is De Aker-West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, De Aker-West comes out at 19 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer 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

18.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.0 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.6 per 1,000

Property crime

6.5 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.1 per 1,000

In 2025, 115 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

1.2 km

GP practice

1.2 km

Train station

5.5 km

Restaurant

1.5 km

Hospital

4.5 km

Café

1.9 km

Library

2.9 km

Motorway ramp

2.3 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

€ 526,000

Welfare recipients

15.5 per 1,000

High incomes

25%

Low incomes

37%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

65%

Social housing

21%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

58%

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

8,702 inw/km²

Noise level

55 dB

Green surroundings

35%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,810

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

1.1 km

Households with children

40%

Childcare

0.7 km

Secondary school

1.8 km

Residents under 15

15%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

De Aker-West has strikingly few residents aged 65 and over: 15%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1515%
NL median 14%
15–2514%
NL median 11%
25–4526%
NL median 22%
45–6530%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
36% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
40% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
8,702 — 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 De Aker-West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, De Aker-West comes out at 19 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in De Aker-West?

In De Aker-West the police recorded 115 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (19 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 De Aker-West calculated?

De Aker-West scores 6.1 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 De Aker-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.