neighbourhood in Amsterdam

Kortenaerkwartier

2,185 residents · postal code 1057 · Part of Chassébuurt, Amsterdam

Top 20% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

Kortenaerkwartier has almost twenty-three thousand residents per square kilometre and not a square metre of surface water, barely any greenery and a noise level above the Dutch middle. Four of the five measurements in the quiet & nature pillar point the same way, and that is where the 2.7 comes from.

The wealth & income pillar only half adds up. The property value is well above the national middle and more households have a high income than average, but the share with a low income is exactly national and the social assistance rate is almost five times the middle. Expensive homes and benefits in the same streets.

The families score of 8.6 also needs explaining: the share of children here is below the national level. What carries that score is the school three hundred metres away.

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no. 67 of 454 in Amsterdam

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Is Kortenaerkwartier a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Kortenaerkwartier 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.

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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

26.2 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.8 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.3 per 1,000

Property crime

13.9 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.3 per 1,000

In 2025, 95 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

0.4 km

GP practice

0.5 km

Train station

3.2 km

Restaurant

0.1 km

Hospital

2.1 km

Café

0.3 km

Library

1.0 km

Motorway ramp

1.7 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

€ 565,000

Welfare recipients

36.6 per 1,000

High incomes

27%

Low incomes

38%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

33%

Social housing

31%

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

22,760 inw/km²

Noise level

55 dB

Green surroundings

26%

Trees nearby

11%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

12,232

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.9 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

0.3 km

Households with children

24%

Childcare

0.1 km

Secondary school

1.1 km

Residents under 15

12%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Kortenaerkwartier has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 39%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1512%
NL median 14%
15–2514%
NL median 11%
25–4539%
NL median 22%
45–6524%
NL median 28%
65+11%
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
50% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
24% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
22,760 — 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 Kortenaerkwartier a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Kortenaerkwartier 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 Kortenaerkwartier?

In Kortenaerkwartier the police recorded 95 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 Kortenaerkwartier calculated?

Kortenaerkwartier scores 8.6 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 Kortenaerkwartier 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.