neighbourhood in Amsterdam

Kolenkitbuurt-Noord

4,645 residents · postal code 1061 · Part of De Kolenkit, Amsterdam

Top 41% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, and little room

A noise level almost eleven decibels above the national median is the sharpest number in Kolenkitbuurt-Noord, and it explains the 2.6 for quiet & nature almost on its own. On this scale that is not a nuance but a different kind of environment.

The safety pillar is better than expected, thanks to one item: burglary here is a fraction of the national median, in a place where hardly any home is ground-level. Violence is above it.

The most contradictory picture sits in the wealth pillar. The property value is above the national median — half of this neighbourhood was built after 2000 — while the social assistance rate is at more than eight times the middle and the bottom income group is wide. New brickwork and tight household incomes in the same streets; that is what a 4.1 looks like in this case.

no. 5,234 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 149 of 454 in Amsterdam

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Is Kolenkitbuurt-Noord a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Kolenkitbuurt-Noord comes out at 26 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch 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

26.4 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.1 per 1,000

Property crime

10.5 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 176 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

0.6 km

Train station

2.9 km

Restaurant

0.4 km

Hospital

1.7 km

Café

0.7 km

Library

1.0 km

Motorway ramp

0.6 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

€ 440,000

Welfare recipients

66.7 per 1,000

High incomes

17%

Low incomes

48%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

15%

Social housing

69%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

Built after 2000

49%

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

15,653 inw/km²

Noise level

62 dB

Green surroundings

33%

Trees nearby

10%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

6,072

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

0.2 km

Households with children

33%

Childcare

0.2 km

Secondary school

1.6 km

Residents under 15

19%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Kolenkitbuurt-Noord has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 40%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1519%
NL median 14%
15–2515%
NL median 11%
25–4540%
NL median 22%
45–6520%
NL median 28%
65+6%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
48% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
33% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
15,653 — 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 Kolenkitbuurt-Noord a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Kolenkitbuurt-Noord comes out at 26 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Kolenkitbuurt-Noord?

In Kolenkitbuurt-Noord the police recorded 176 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (26 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 Kolenkitbuurt-Noord calculated?

Kolenkitbuurt-Noord scores 7.0 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 Kolenkitbuurt-Noord 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.