neighbourhood in Amsterdam

L-buurt

3,125 residents · postal code 1108 · Part of Nellestein, Amsterdam

Bottom 28% in the Netherlands

Spacious and quiet, but not set up for children

In the L-buurt the living environment is the strongest component: greenery and tree canopy both sit above the national middle, almost a tenth of the surface is water and density stays low by Amsterdam standards. An 8.0 for quiet & nature is unusual in this city.

The amenities pillar drops to a 5.9 for one reason: supermarket and restaurant are both more than one and a half kilometres away, and the supermarket is the heaviest component in it. The GP is close by, but that does not make up the difference.

The crime picture turns almost entirely on theft — property crime runs at nearly double the national middle and on its own accounts for almost half the total — while burglary here is rare. Violence, though, is above the middle, which is why the safety pillar at 5.1 is less favourable than that theft profile alone would produce.

no. 9,522 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 332 of 454 in Amsterdam

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Is L-buurt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, L-buurt comes out at 36 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

The figures ⌄

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

35.6 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.2 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.3 per 1,000

Property crime

16.0 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.6 per 1,000

In 2025, 166 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

1.7 km

GP practice

0.9 km

Train station

3.0 km

Restaurant

1.7 km

Hospital

3.5 km

Café

1.6 km

Library

2.8 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

€ 315,000

Welfare recipients

16.0 per 1,000

High incomes

21%

Low incomes

32%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

42%

Social housing

19%

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

4,521 inw/km²

Noise level

54 dB

Green surroundings

58%

Trees nearby

19%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,106

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

0.8 km

Households with children

21%

Childcare

0.8 km

Secondary school

2.0 km

Residents under 15

12%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

L-buurt has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 35%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1512%
NL median 14%
15–259%
NL median 11%
25–4535%
NL median 22%
45–6524%
NL median 28%
65+20%
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
55% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
21% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,521 — 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 L-buurt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, L-buurt comes out at 36 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 L-buurt?

In L-buurt the police recorded 166 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (36 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 L-buurt calculated?

L-buurt scores 4.5 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 L-buurt 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.