neighbourhood in Amsterdam

Erasmusparkbuurt-West

3,975 residents · postal code 1055 · Part of Erasmuspark, Amsterdam

Top 28% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, safety lags

In Erasmusparkbuurt-West the burglary figure is half the national median while property crime is almost twice above it. Homes here are strikingly rarely hit; what happens, happens outside. Violence is above the national median as well, so the 4.7 for safety is not just a matter of stolen goods.

The quiet & nature pillar comes out at 4.9 with more than thirteen thousand residents per square kilometre, which is higher than that density would suggest. More than a tenth of the surface is water, and the tree canopy is above the national share — two measurements working against the shortage of greenery.

no. 3,617 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 103 of 454 in Amsterdam

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Is Erasmusparkbuurt-West a safe neighbourhood?

The figures ⌄

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

36.8 per 1,000

Violent crime

4.0 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.3 per 1,000

Property crime

17.2 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.2 per 1,000

In 2025, 247 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

0.5 km

GP practice

0.3 km

Train station

2.9 km

Restaurant

0.2 km

Hospital

1.9 km

Café

0.5 km

Library

0.9 km

Motorway ramp

0.8 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

€ 452,000

Welfare recipients

20.1 per 1,000

High incomes

32%

Low incomes

29%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

52%

Social housing

10%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

Built after 2000

11%

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

13,408 inw/km²

Noise level

54 dB

Green surroundings

33%

Trees nearby

12%

Water share

12%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

8,581

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.6 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

0.5 km

Households with children

18%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

1.5 km

Residents under 15

10%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Erasmusparkbuurt-West has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 52%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1510%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4552%
NL median 22%
45–6520%
NL median 28%
65+8%
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
1.7 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
50% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
18% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
13,408 — 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 Erasmusparkbuurt-West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Erasmusparkbuurt-West comes out at 37 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Erasmusparkbuurt-West 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 Erasmusparkbuurt-West?

In Erasmusparkbuurt-West the police recorded 247 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (37 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 Erasmusparkbuurt-West calculated?

Erasmusparkbuurt-West scores 7.9 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 Erasmusparkbuurt-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.