neighbourhood in Amsterdam
Hercules Seghersbuurt
2,530 residents · postal code 1072 · Part of Oude Pijp, Amsterdam
- no. 8,020 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
- no. 288 of 454 in Amsterdam
Scores per pillar
Nowhere in this batch do people live as tightly packed as in the Hercules Seghersbuurt in Amsterdam's Oude Pijp: more than 31,000 residents per square kilometre, not a single family house and two-thirds single-person. Amenities score 9.1 with a restaurant on the corner, but greenery is almost absent, at 2.5. Safety trails at 4.3, on more than 53 crimes per 1,000 people present. Children are scarce; just 6 per cent are under fifteen.
Amenities nearby
Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year (residents plus business activity, see method). Small neighbourhoods are statistically smoothed.
per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)
Housing
Who lives here
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Frequently asked questions
How is the grade for Hercules Seghersbuurt calculated?
Hercules Seghersbuurt scores 5.4 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 Hercules Seghersbuurt a safe neighbourhood?
Hercules Seghersbuurt scores 4.3 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (53.3 per year). The national median is around 24.1.