neighbourhood in Amsterdam

KNSM-eiland

2,325 residents · postal code 1019 · Part of Oostelijk Havengebied, Amsterdam

Top 25% in the Netherlands

Safe, but not spacious

More than four fifths of the surface of KNSM-eiland is water. That is the most unusual measurement on this page, and still quiet & nature sticks at 3.3. The explanation lies in the pillar's other components: greenery and tree canopy are far below the Dutch middle here, and the building is exceptionally dense. Water does not compensate for that.

The 9.9 for safety, though, rests broadly: all four categories of offence stay below the national median, burglary at half of it. That is rare for a neighbourhood of this density.

The 4.0 for families comes from two directions at once. The primary school is over a kilometre away, and distance is the heaviest component of that pillar; on top of that, fewer than a tenth of residents are under fifteen and more than fifty per cent of households consist of one person.

no. 3,182 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 87 of 454 in Amsterdam

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Is KNSM-eiland a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, KNSM-eiland comes out at 12 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: KNSM-eiland is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.

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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

11.5 per 1,000

Violent crime

0.9 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.3 per 1,000

Property crime

4.9 per 1,000

Vandalism

0.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 42 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

3.2 km

Restaurant

0.1 km

Hospital

4.2 km

Café

1.2 km

Library

2.4 km

Motorway ramp

4.7 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

€ 594,000

Welfare recipients

25.8 per 1,000

High incomes

34%

Low incomes

29%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

49%

Social housing

45%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

Built after 2000

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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

19,202 inw/km²

Noise level

52 dB

Green surroundings

10%

Trees nearby

Water share

86%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,874

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.6 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

1.3 km

Households with children

19%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

1.4 km

Residents under 15

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Who lives here

KNSM-eiland has strikingly few young people aged 15 to 25: 7%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–159%
NL median 14%
15–257%
NL median 11%
25–4525%
NL median 22%
45–6535%
NL median 28%
65+25%
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
52% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
19% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
19,202 — 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 KNSM-eiland a safe neighbourhood?

How much crime is there in KNSM-eiland?

In KNSM-eiland the police recorded 42 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (12 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 KNSM-eiland calculated?

KNSM-eiland scores 8.2 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 KNSM-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.