neighbourhood in Amsterdam

De Kleine Wereld

2,635 residents · postal code 1025 · Part of Buikslotermeer, Amsterdam

Bottom 47% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, thinner wallets

The social assistance rate in De Kleine Wereld is more than ten times that of the average Dutch neighbourhood, and more than half of households fall in the bottom income group. With property values far below the national median, wealth & income lands at 3.0.

The families pillar stands at 9.7, and that comes almost entirely from the primary school two hundred metres away — the shortest of all measured distances here. The share of households with children is around the national picture.

With safety, three of the four types are above the national median and burglary sits exactly on it. Theft produces the largest figure, but violence is almost twice the national level, and that is the component carrying the most weight. That puts the pillar at 3.8.

no. 6,993 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 216 of 454 in Amsterdam

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Is De Kleine Wereld a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, De Kleine Wereld comes out at 31 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.

Total crime

31.5 per 1,000

Violent crime

4.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.6 per 1,000

Property crime

12.6 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.8 per 1,000

In 2025, 111 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

0.4 km

Train station

6.1 km

Restaurant

0.4 km

Hospital

1.9 km

Café

0.7 km

Library

1.9 km

Motorway ramp

1.9 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

€ 318,000

Welfare recipients

83.5 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

56%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

11%

Social housing

84%

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

11,658 inw/km²

Noise level

55 dB

Green surroundings

50%

Trees nearby

18%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

3,501

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.7 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

0.2 km

Households with children

35%

Childcare

0.2 km

Secondary school

1.1 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

De Kleine Wereld has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 15%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–2515%
NL median 11%
25–4524%
NL median 22%
45–6524%
NL median 28%
65+20%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
47% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
35% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
11,658 — 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 Kleine Wereld a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, De Kleine Wereld comes out at 31 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 De Kleine Wereld?

In De Kleine Wereld the police recorded 111 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (31 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 Kleine Wereld calculated?

De Kleine Wereld scores 6.0 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 Kleine Wereld 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.