neighbourhood in Amsterdam

Markengouw-Midden

4,150 residents · postal code 1024 · Part of Waterlandpleinbuurt, Amsterdam

Top 23% in the Netherlands

Good for children, with a safety question

Markengouw-Midden ranks among the ten highest neighbourhoods in the Netherlands for families. That comes from two things at once: the primary school is two hundred metres away, and half of all households have children. Almost a quarter of residents are under fifteen, against seven per cent over 65.

Wealth & income lags far behind at a 4.8, and not because property is cheap: values are in fact above the national median. What pulls the score down is social assistance per thousand residents, at seven times the Dutch middle, together with a large share of low incomes.

Safety comes out at a 4.5. Property crime here is below the median; it is violence and vandalism that rise above it, and those two weigh heaviest in this pillar.

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no. 77 of 454 in Amsterdam

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Is Markengouw-Midden a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Markengouw-Midden 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

26.1 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.0 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.0 per 1,000

Property crime

8.5 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 148 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

0.6 km

Train station

6.7 km

Restaurant

0.7 km

Hospital

3.3 km

Café

0.7 km

Library

0.9 km

Motorway ramp

1.6 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

€ 438,000

Welfare recipients

55.4 per 1,000

High incomes

14%

Low incomes

47%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

23%

Social housing

71%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

40%

Built after 2000

56%

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

10,689 inw/km²

Noise level

59 dB

Green surroundings

57%

Trees nearby

18%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,520

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.5 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

50%

Childcare

0.2 km

Secondary school

0.5 km

Residents under 15

24%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Markengouw-Midden has strikingly many children under 15: 24%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1524%
NL median 14%
15–2516%
NL median 11%
25–4530%
NL median 22%
45–6522%
NL median 28%
65+7%
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
2.6 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
36% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
50% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
10,689 — 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 Markengouw-Midden a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Markengouw-Midden 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 Markengouw-Midden?

In Markengouw-Midden the police recorded 148 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 Markengouw-Midden calculated?

Markengouw-Midden scores 8.3 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 Markengouw-Midden 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.