neighbourhood in Amsterdam

Jacques Veltmanbuurt

3,745 residents · postal code 1065 · Part of Slotervaart-Zuid, Amsterdam

Bottom 19% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, safety lags

Violence in the Jacques Veltmanbuurt occurs nearly two and a half times as often as nationally. That is a different kind of problem from a high crime figure made up mainly of stolen belongings, and it also carries the most weight in the safety pillar — hence a 2.9.

The contrast with the 9.5 for amenities is stark. The supermarket, the GP, a restaurant and the station are all between a couple of hundred metres and a kilometre and a half away; on access, this part of Slotervaart-Zuid ranks among the better places in the country.

The wealth & income pillar cannot be summed up in one direction. The share of high incomes is above the national median, but so is the share of low incomes, and social assistance runs five times the median. Property values stay below the national figure. A 4.5 covers that mixture.

no. 10,675 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 373 of 454 in Amsterdam

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Is Jacques Veltmanbuurt 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

47.7 per 1,000

Violent crime

5.6 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.1 per 1,000

Property crime

20.7 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.8 per 1,000

In 2025, 263 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

0.7 km

Train station

1.6 km

Restaurant

0.3 km

Hospital

1.6 km

Café

0.4 km

Library

1.9 km

Motorway ramp

1.1 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

€ 391,000

Welfare recipients

40.1 per 1,000

High incomes

22%

Low incomes

42%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

21%

Social housing

57%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

18%

Built after 2000

38%

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

12,705 inw/km²

Noise level

60 dB

Green surroundings

40%

Trees nearby

13%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

5,338

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.0 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

0.8 km

Households with children

21%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

0.3 km

Residents under 15

13%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

0–1513%
NL median 14%
15–2516%
NL median 11%
25–4542%
NL median 22%
45–6518%
NL median 28%
65+11%
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
1.7 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
58% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
21% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
12,705 — 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 Jacques Veltmanbuurt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Jacques Veltmanbuurt comes out at 48 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Jacques Veltmanbuurt 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 Jacques Veltmanbuurt?

In Jacques Veltmanbuurt the police recorded 263 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (48 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 Jacques Veltmanbuurt calculated?

Jacques Veltmanbuurt scores 3.9 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 Jacques Veltmanbuurt 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.