neighbourhood in Amsterdam

Java-eiland

3,075 residents · postal code 1019 · Part of Oostelijk Havengebied, Amsterdam

Top 17% in the Netherlands

Well-off, but not spacious

Three quarters of Java-eiland's surface is water, and yet quiet & nature gets no further than a 3.2. The explanation lies in the other components of that pillar: the green space around it is a fraction of the national median, tree canopy is all but absent, and a great many people live on very little land. Water alone does not make a place quiet.

Wealth & income, at a 9.1, is the strongest figure. Property values are more than one and a half times the national middle, the share of high incomes far above it and that of low incomes below.

The crime picture is moderate: violence and burglary are below the national median and only theft comes marginally above, which yields an 8.6 for safety. Children are scarce here — the share under fifteen is small, and the 7.1 for families leans almost entirely on the short distance to the primary school.

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no. 49 of 454 in Amsterdam

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Is Java-eiland a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Java-eiland comes out at 19 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

19.2 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.5 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.3 per 1,000

Property crime

9.4 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 94 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

1.2 km

GP practice

0.7 km

Train station

2.3 km

Restaurant

0.3 km

Hospital

3.8 km

Café

1.0 km

Library

2.3 km

Motorway ramp

4.3 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

€ 706,000

Welfare recipients

9.8 per 1,000

High incomes

38%

Low incomes

28%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

33%

Social housing

20%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

Built after 2000

15%

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

18,193 inw/km²

Noise level

53 dB

Green surroundings

Trees nearby

Water share

76%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

3,477

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.9 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

0.5 km

Households with children

23%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

1.4 km

Residents under 15

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Java-eiland has strikingly few children under 15: 9%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–159%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4528%
NL median 22%
45–6534%
NL median 28%
65+19%
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
1.8 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
48% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
23% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
18,193 — 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 Java-eiland a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Java-eiland comes out at 19 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 Java-eiland?

In Java-eiland the police recorded 94 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (19 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 Java-eiland calculated?

Java-eiland scores 8.8 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 Java-eiland 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.