neighbourhood in Amsterdam

IJselbuurt-Oost

2,870 residents · postal code 1078 · Part of IJselbuurt, Amsterdam

Top 48% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

IJselbuurt-Oost is among the most densely populated neighbourhoods in the country and contains no single-family homes at all. That explains the 3.4 for quiet and nature almost entirely: greenery within three hundred metres reaches less than half the Dutch middle value and traffic noise sits more than seven decibels above it, even though nearly a fifth of the surface is water.

The safety score of 5.2 is almost entirely one type. Property offences run at more than two and a half times the national level, while violence and vandalism stay below it and burglary is barely above. Things disappear here; the street itself is not the problem.

At 6.4, wealth and income is the hardest of the five to read. Property value is well above the Dutch middle and the top income group is broader than nationally, but the social assistance rate comes out at almost five times the national level.

no. 6,272 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 189 of 454 in Amsterdam

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Is IJselbuurt-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

39.6 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.9 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.7 per 1,000

Property crime

24.1 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.9 per 1,000

In 2025, 184 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

0.5 km

GP practice

0.5 km

Train station

1.1 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

2.3 km

Café

0.6 km

Library

1.0 km

Motorway ramp

2.0 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

€ 541,000

Welfare recipients

38.3 per 1,000

High incomes

26%

Low incomes

35%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

18%

Social housing

44%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

Built after 2000

11%

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

21,639 inw/km²

Noise level

59 dB

Green surroundings

24%

Trees nearby

Water share

19%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

9,395

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.4 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

0.7 km

Households with children

18%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

0.9 km

Residents under 15

10%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

IJselbuurt-Oost has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 44%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1510%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4544%
NL median 22%
45–6520%
NL median 28%
65+13%
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
1.6 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
57% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
18% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
21,639 — 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 IJselbuurt-Oost a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, IJselbuurt-Oost comes out at 40 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: IJselbuurt-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 IJselbuurt-Oost?

In IJselbuurt-Oost the police recorded 184 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (40 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 IJselbuurt-Oost calculated?

IJselbuurt-Oost scores 6.4 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 IJselbuurt-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.