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Hemelrijk

580 residents · postal code 1012 · Part of Burgwallen-Nieuwe Zijde, Amsterdam

  • no. 8,980 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 317 of 454 in Amsterdam
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Scores per pillar

Home to 580 residents, Hemelrijk is a dense urban neighbourhood in Amsterdam. Measured against every neighbourhood in the Netherlands, it scores 4.8 out of 10. The profile is pronounced: amenities scores 9.5, while safety lags at 2.5.

Amenities nearby

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Large supermarket
0.4 km
General practitioner
0.5 km
Primary school
0.8 km
Secondary school
0.9 km
Childcare
0.6 km
Train station
1.3 km
Hospital
1.1 km
Restaurant
0.0 km
Café
0.1 km
Library
1.6 km

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year (residents plus business activity, see method). Small neighbourhoods are statistically smoothed.

Total crimes
161.5
Violent crimes
13.5
Burglaries
1.5

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 481,000
Owner-occupied
31%
Single-family homes
2%
Built after 2000
1%
Income per resident
–

Who lives here

0–15 5%15–25 18%25–45 48%45–65 23%65+ 5%
Average household size
1.4
Households with children
6%
Single-person households
67%
Residents per km²
10,476

Nearby neighbourhoods

Nieuwendijk-Noord

Amsterdam

4.2

Langestraat e.o.

Amsterdam

8.1

Haarlemmerbuurt-Oost

Amsterdam

5.9

Kop Zeedijk

Amsterdam

5.1

Nieuwe Kerk e.o.

Amsterdam

4.5

Spuistraat-Noord

Amsterdam

5.2

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Kern Zaamslag

Terneuzen

4.8

Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Hemelrijk calculated?

Hemelrijk scores 4.8 overall. That is a weighted average of five pillars: safety, amenities, housing, social & income, and nature & quiet. Each pillar compares this neighbourhood with every other neighbourhood in the Netherlands, using open data from CBS and the police.

Is Hemelrijk a safe neighbourhood?

Hemelrijk scores 2.5 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (161.5 per year). The national median is around 24.1.