neighbourhood in Amsterdam

Emanuel van Meterenbuurt

2,320 residents · postal code 1065 · Part of Slotervaart-Noord, Amsterdam

Top 19% in the Netherlands

Good for children, with a safety question

Seven times the national median for burglary, while violence, theft and vandalism all sit at or below the middle: that is the lopsided distribution behind the 4.5 for safety in the Emanuel van Meterenbuurt. One category of offence pushes down a whole score here, which makes the risk to residents unusually easy to name precisely.

The 9.7 for families stands directly opposite that and has a simple cause: school, shop, GP and restaurant are all within eight hundred metres, with the primary school at four hundred.

On wealth & income two numbers collide. Property value is well above the Dutch median, while the social assistance rate runs more than five times over it. That makes a single statement about wealth here untenable, whichever side you pick, and it explains why the pillar lands mid-table at 5.4.

no. 2,477 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 65 of 454 in Amsterdam

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Is Emanuel van Meterenbuurt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Emanuel van Meterenbuurt comes out at 27 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

27.4 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

4.0 per 1,000

Property crime

8.5 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.3 per 1,000

In 2025, 96 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

0.8 km

GP practice

0.8 km

Train station

1.8 km

Restaurant

0.2 km

Hospital

2.0 km

Café

0.4 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

€ 487,000

Welfare recipients

43.1 per 1,000

High incomes

21%

Low incomes

43%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

37%

Social housing

26%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

40%

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

5,248 inw/km²

Noise level

54 dB

Green surroundings

42%

Trees nearby

16%

Water share

24%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

3,637

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.6 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

0.4 km

Households with children

35%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

0.4 km

Residents under 15

19%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Emanuel van Meterenbuurt has strikingly many children under 15: 19%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1519%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4527%
NL median 22%
45–6524%
NL median 28%
65+18%
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
46% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
35% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,248 — 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 Emanuel van Meterenbuurt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Emanuel van Meterenbuurt comes out at 27 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 Emanuel van Meterenbuurt?

In Emanuel van Meterenbuurt the police recorded 96 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (27 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 Emanuel van Meterenbuurt calculated?

Emanuel van Meterenbuurt scores 8.6 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 Emanuel van Meterenbuurt 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.