neighbourhood in Amsterdam

Kop Zuidas

1,030 residents · postal code 1079 · Part of Scheldebuurt, Amsterdam

Bottom 24% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, safety lags

More than a hundred reported offences per thousand residents in Kop Zuidas, and three quarters of them are property crime: almost eight times the national middle. Violence is above it too, but the ratio is clear. That produces a 2.9 for safety, and it is why the overall score stalls at a 4.2 while the other pillars do not justify that.

On income the area is in fact strong. More than half of households are in the highest income group and the lowest is more than half as thin as nationally. Only the share of residents on social assistance is six times above the median, which holds the pillar at a 7.3.

The noise level is fifteen decibels above the Dutch middle — the largest gap you can meet in this measurement. With a station eight hundred metres away that is no accident but the price of the location.

no. 10,037 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 351 of 454 in Amsterdam

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Is Kop Zuidas 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

101.2 per 1,000

Violent crime

6.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.7 per 1,000

Property crime

72.3 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.1 per 1,000

In 2025, 191 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

0.9 km

Train station

0.8 km

Restaurant

0.4 km

Hospital

3.4 km

Café

1.2 km

Library

2.2 km

Motorway ramp

0.8 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

€ 566,000

Welfare recipients

48.5 per 1,000

High incomes

53%

Low incomes

21%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

16%

Social housing

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

Built after 2000

100%

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

6,225 inw/km²

Noise level

67 dB

Green surroundings

40%

Trees nearby

15%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

3,774

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.1 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

1.0 km

Households with children

12%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

0.5 km

Residents under 15

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Kop Zuidas has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 61%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–159%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4561%
NL median 22%
45–6510%
NL median 28%
65+9%
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
53% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
12% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,225 — 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 Kop Zuidas a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Kop Zuidas comes out at 101 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Kop Zuidas 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 Kop Zuidas?

In Kop Zuidas the police recorded 191 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (101 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 Kop Zuidas calculated?

Kop Zuidas scores 4.2 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 Kop Zuidas 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.