neighbourhood in Amsterdam

Helmersbuurt-Oost

2,600 residents · postal code 1054 · Part of Helmersbuurt, Amsterdam

Top 27% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

Twenty-five thousand residents per square kilometre: Helmersbuurt-Oost is among the most densely built places in the country, and the figures track that density closely. A 9.8 for amenities because everything is a few hundred metres away, a 3.4 for quiet & nature because greenery is absent and it is loud, and a 3.8 for safety.

That safety figure is almost entirely theft. The property-crime rate is more than three times the national median, while violence barely rises above it and vandalism stays below. What disappears here are bicycles and belongings, not the calm on the street. The 8.8 for wealth & income holds up on nearly every component — high property value, many high incomes, social assistance around the median — with one exception: vacancy is well above it.

no. 3,402 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 98 of 454 in Amsterdam

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Is Helmersbuurt-Oost 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

51.1 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.4 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.0 per 1,000

Property crime

31.7 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.2 per 1,000

In 2025, 251 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

0.3 km

GP practice

0.3 km

Train station

3.1 km

Restaurant

0.1 km

Hospital

1.9 km

Café

0.3 km

Library

0.8 km

Motorway ramp

2.8 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

€ 729,000

Welfare recipients

7.7 per 1,000

High incomes

39%

Low incomes

28%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

41%

Social housing

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

25,088 inw/km²

Noise level

60 dB

Green surroundings

21%

Trees nearby

10%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

10,547

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.9 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

0.2 km

Secondary school

0.5 km

Residents under 15

10%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Helmersbuurt-Oost has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 47%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1510%
NL median 14%
15–2513%
NL median 11%
25–4547%
NL median 22%
45–6519%
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
1.7 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
53% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
18% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
25,088 — 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 Helmersbuurt-Oost a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Helmersbuurt-Oost comes out at 51 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Helmersbuurt-Oost 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 Helmersbuurt-Oost?

In Helmersbuurt-Oost the police recorded 251 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (51 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 Helmersbuurt-Oost calculated?

Helmersbuurt-Oost scores 8.0 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 Helmersbuurt-Oost 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.