neighbourhood in Amsterdam

Meer en Oever

3,175 residents · postal code 1068 · Part of Osdorp-Oost, Amsterdam

Bottom 45% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, except school and childcare

There are neighbourhoods where one figure carries the story; Meer en Oever is not one of them. All five pillars fall between 5.2 and 7.8, and the number of reported offences barely differs from the national middle. Such a flat profile is uncommon and says something in itself: no single component determines what it is like to live here.

That quiet & nature does not end up at the bottom, at just over fifteen thousand residents per square kilometre, is down to the water. One square metre in eight is surface water, far above the national middle, and the tree canopy is above it too — enough to offset part of the density and the noise.

The 5.2 for families hangs mainly on the primary school, which at a kilometre is further off than supermarket and GP. Those two do not count in this pillar, however close they may be.

no. 7,308 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 226 of 454 in Amsterdam

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Is Meer en Oever a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Meer en Oever comes out at 25 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

24.6 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.6 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.8 per 1,000

Property crime

9.4 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.4 per 1,000

In 2025, 114 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

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The figures ⌄

Amenities

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Supermarket

0.8 km

GP practice

0.6 km

Train station

4.2 km

Restaurant

0.6 km

Hospital

3.3 km

Café

0.7 km

Library

1.0 km

Motorway ramp

3.0 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

€ 459,000

Welfare recipients

18.9 per 1,000

High incomes

24%

Low incomes

39%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

46%

Social housing

24%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

Built after 2000

55%

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

15,273 inw/km²

Noise level

56 dB

Green surroundings

42%

Trees nearby

14%

Water share

13%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

3,252

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

1.0 km

Households with children

25%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

1.7 km

Residents under 15

13%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Meer en Oever has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 34%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1513%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4534%
NL median 22%
45–6523%
NL median 28%
65+18%
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
1.9 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
50% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
25% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
15,273 — 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 Meer en Oever a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Meer en Oever comes out at 25 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 Meer en Oever?

In Meer en Oever the police recorded 114 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (25 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 Meer en Oever calculated?

Meer en Oever scores 5.8 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 Meer en Oever 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.