neighbourhood in Amsterdam

Houthavens-West

4,835 residents · postal code 1014 · Part of Houthavens, Amsterdam

Top 5% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, and little room

In Houthavens-West every house was built after 2000 and well over forty per cent of the surface consists of water. That last point counts in the quiet & nature pillar, and yet it gets no further than a 3.5: so many people live per square kilometre, and there is so little greenery around, that the water cannot make up for it.

The crime picture is that of a busy piece of city without the threat that goes with it. The total stays below the national median, theft lies above it, but violence — the heaviest-weighing component — comes out well below. That produces a 8.1.

One figure deserves attention beside a wealth score of 9.0: vacancy is double the national average. Where that comes from the data does not say, but in a neighbourhood with property values far above the Dutch level it is no detail.

no. 646 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 14 of 454 in Amsterdam

Compare with…View on the map

Do some of these matter more to you than others?

Is Houthavens-West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Houthavens-West comes out at 18 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

The figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

17.6 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.4 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.7 per 1,000

Property crime

10.4 per 1,000

Vandalism

0.9 per 1,000

In 2025, 131 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

The safest neighbourhoods in Amsterdam →The most dangerous neighbourhoods in Amsterdam →

The figures ⌄

Amenities

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

Supermarket

0.8 km

GP practice

0.4 km

Train station

2.8 km

Restaurant

0.3 km

Hospital

3.5 km

Café

0.8 km

Library

1.1 km

Motorway ramp

2.6 km

Tick = Dutch median

Best amenities in Amsterdam →

The figures ⌄

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

€ 875,000

Welfare recipients

8.3 per 1,000

High incomes

48%

Low incomes

26%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

49%

Social housing

14%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

Built after 2000

100%

Tick = Dutch median

The most affluent neighbourhoods in Amsterdam →

The figures ⌄

Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.

Population density

12,739 inw/km²

Noise level

52 dB

Green surroundings

15%

Trees nearby

Water share

42%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

3,790

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.2 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

The quietest, greenest neighbourhoods in Amsterdam →

The figures ⌄

Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.

Primary school

0.3 km

Households with children

26%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

0.8 km

Residents under 15

18%

Tick = Dutch median

The best neighbourhoods for families in Amsterdam →

Who lives here

Houthavens-West has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 42%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1518%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4542%
NL median 22%
45–6521%
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
1.9 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
49% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
26% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
12,739 — 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 Houthavens-West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Houthavens-West comes out at 18 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 Houthavens-West?

In Houthavens-West the police recorded 131 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (18 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 Houthavens-West calculated?

Houthavens-West scores 9.6 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 Houthavens-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.