neighbourhood in Amsterdam
Mercatorpark
2,840 residents · postal code 1056 · Part of Van Galenbuurt, Amsterdam
Mercatorpark counts 29,486 residents per square kilometre, one of the highest densities in this set, which pushes its space & quiet score down to just 2.5. Amenities, by contrast, score a near-perfect 9.7. Only 2 percent of residents are over 65, marking this out as a young neighbourhood. With 34.5 crimes per 1,000 people present against a national median of 24, crime runs clearly above average, though safety still holds up relatively well at 5.8.
- no. 2,871 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 76 of 454 in Amsterdam
How Mercatorpark scores
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The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 111 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.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄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.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Quiet & nature
How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
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
The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Tick = Dutch median
Who lives here
Mercatorpark has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 42%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1510%
NL median 14%
- 15–2512%
NL median 11%
- 25–4542%
NL median 22%
- 45–6534%
NL median 28%
- 65+2%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
Not enough dataNot enough data
NL median 31%
Households with children
Not enough dataNot enough data
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
29,486 — 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
How is the grade for Mercatorpark calculated?
Mercatorpark scores 8.4 as its total score. That grade is a national position: we weigh four equally heavy scores — safety, amenities, wealth & income and quiet & nature — and see where Mercatorpark lands among every neighbourhood in the Netherlands. So it is not the mean of the four grades, but a place in the queue. All from open data published by CBS and the police.
Is Mercatorpark a safe neighbourhood?
Mercatorpark scores 5.8 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (34.5 per year). The national median is around 24.1.
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