neighbourhood in Amsterdam

John Franklinbuurt

1,870 residents · postal code 1056 · Part of Van Galenbuurt, Amsterdam

Bottom 38% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

The primary school in John Franklinbuurt is three hundred metres away, and that is by far the main reason for a 7.8 on the families pillar in a neighbourhood where fewer than one in ten residents is under fifteen. School distance carries almost a third of that score; anyone reading it as proof of many children is reading it wrong.

Against that stands a wealth & income score of 4.8, and that is a mixed story. Property value is just above the national middle and the highest income group slightly broader, but the share of residents on social assistance is almost seven times above the median and only one in five homes is owner-occupied.

With more than twenty-six thousand residents per square kilometre the density is extreme, and that is the main reason for a 2.9 on quiet & nature. There is no open water, little greenery and the noise level is above the Dutch middle.

no. 8,212 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 267 of 454 in Amsterdam

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Is John Franklinbuurt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, John Franklinbuurt comes out at 28 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more 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

28.2 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.6 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.2 per 1,000

Property crime

13.9 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.3 per 1,000

In 2025, 87 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

0.6 km

GP practice

0.5 km

Train station

3.1 km

Restaurant

0.2 km

Hospital

1.5 km

Café

0.3 km

Library

0.7 km

Motorway ramp

1.0 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

€ 439,000

Welfare recipients

53.5 per 1,000

High incomes

20%

Low incomes

39%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

20%

Social housing

43%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

Built after 2000

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

26,286 inw/km²

Noise level

56 dB

Green surroundings

32%

Trees nearby

13%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

10,608

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.6 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

0.3 km

Households with children

16%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

1.2 km

Residents under 15

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

John Franklinbuurt has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 47%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–159%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4547%
NL median 22%
45–6522%
NL median 28%
65+10%
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
59% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
16% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
26,286 — 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 John Franklinbuurt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, John Franklinbuurt comes out at 28 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. 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 John Franklinbuurt?

In John Franklinbuurt the police recorded 87 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (28 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 John Franklinbuurt calculated?

John Franklinbuurt scores 5.3 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 John Franklinbuurt 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.