neighbourhood in Amsterdam
Duivelseiland
1,390 residents · postal code 1071 · Part of Museumkwartier, Amsterdam
Everything close by, little space
On Duivelseiland the quiet & nature pillar sits at a 2.5, and that is close to the lowest the model produces. No open water, a green share of barely a fifth, few trees, a noise level well above the national middle and almost twenty-four thousand residents per square kilometre: all five components point the same way.
The amenities pillar at a 9.9 is the mirror image. Supermarket and GP are three hundred metres away, a restaurant around the corner. That is the trade this neighbourhood offers, and it is an honest one.
On income Duivelseiland scores a 7.9. Four in ten households are in the highest income group and property value is well above the Dutch middle. Two components point the other way: vacancy is twice above the median and the share of residents on social assistance almost twice.
- no. 7,964 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 257 of 454 in Amsterdam
How Duivelseiland scores
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Is Duivelseiland a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Duivelseiland comes out at 42 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Duivelseiland is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
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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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
Duivelseiland has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 49%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–159%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4549%
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
14% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
23,805 — 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 Duivelseiland a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Duivelseiland comes out at 42 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Duivelseiland is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes. 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 Duivelseiland?
In Duivelseiland the police recorded 115 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (42 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 Duivelseiland calculated?
Duivelseiland scores 5.4 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 Duivelseiland 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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