neighbourhood in Amsterdam

Holysloot

285 residents · postal code 1028 · Part of Waterland, Amsterdam

Bottom 35% in the Netherlands

Well-off, and well out of town

Holysloot has the lowest population density you will find in Amsterdam, and the price is paid in distances: supermarket and GP are almost six kilometres off, the railway station more than ten. That 2.6 for amenities is not a judgement on the place but a sum of travel time.

Greenery within three hundred metres is well above the national median, yet there is barely any tree canopy: half a percent, against almost nine nationally. That is the signature of open pasture — plenty of green on the map, little shade on the road. Noise sits six decibels below the national middle, and together that yields a 9.0 for quiet & nature.

Striking is the vacancy rate: more than a fifth of homes, five times the national level, while property values are more than double the median and nobody here is on social assistance. So that 9.0 for wealth & income carries one component pushing firmly the other way.

no. 8,586 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 287 of 454 in Amsterdam

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Is Holysloot a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Holysloot comes out at 22 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

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Safety

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

Total crime

21.7 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.4 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.4 per 1,000

Property crime

7.2 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.3 per 1,000

In 2025, 7 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

5.8 km

GP practice

5.7 km

Train station

10.2 km

Restaurant

1.3 km

Hospital

9.6 km

Café

7.1 km

Library

6.9 km

Motorway ramp

5.5 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

€ 882,000

Welfare recipients

0.0 per 1,000

High incomes

26%

Low incomes

35%

Vacancy

21%

Owner-occupied

70%

Social housing

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

89%

Built after 2000

42%

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

36 inw/km²

Noise level

46 dB

Green surroundings

66%

Trees nearby

Water share

16%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.6 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

3.2 km

Households with children

47%

Childcare

3.8 km

Secondary school

7.2 km

Residents under 15

14%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Holysloot has strikingly few residents aged 25 to 45: 16%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4516%
NL median 22%
45–6535%
NL median 28%
65+25%
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
2.5 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
29% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
47% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
36 — far less 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 Holysloot a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Holysloot comes out at 22 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Holysloot?

In Holysloot the police recorded 7 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (22 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 Holysloot calculated?

Holysloot scores 5.1 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 Holysloot 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.