neighbourhood in Amsterdam

NDSM terrein

4,265 residents · postal code 1033 · Part of Noordelijke IJ-oevers-West, Amsterdam

Bottom 23% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, except school and childcare

Every home on the NDSM terrein dates from after the turn of the century, almost all of it is rented and seven in ten households consist of one person. That explains the 3.2 for families better than any other figure — although the primary school is also more than a kilometre away, and that weighs heavily in the pillar.

Safety here turns entirely on theft. Property offences are more than three times above the national median, while not a single burglary was recorded. Things go missing here; homes are not broken into.

More than half of the surface is water and yet quiet & nature stays at a 3.4. There is hardly any greenery and the building is dense. Water gives you a view, not shelter — and that distinction is exactly what a reader cannot see from the pillar figure alone.

no. 10,126 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 354 of 454 in Amsterdam

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Is NDSM terrein a safe 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

46.0 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.5 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.0 per 1,000

Property crime

30.6 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 380 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

0.5 km

GP practice

0.8 km

Train station

6.6 km

Restaurant

0.1 km

Hospital

2.9 km

Café

0.7 km

Library

2.1 km

Motorway ramp

2.9 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

€ 460,000

Welfare recipients

11.7 per 1,000

High incomes

31%

Low incomes

28%

Vacancy

11%

Owner-occupied

Social housing

12%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

Built after 2000

100%

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

11,396 inw/km²

Noise level

52 dB

Green surroundings

11%

Trees nearby

Water share

53%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,263

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.9 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

1.4 km

Households with children

Childcare

1.0 km

Secondary school

1.9 km

Residents under 15

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

NDSM terrein has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 72%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–154%
NL median 14%
15–2516%
NL median 11%
25–4572%
NL median 22%
45–657%
NL median 28%
65+1%
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
1.3 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
72% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
5% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
11,396 — 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 NDSM terrein a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, NDSM terrein comes out at 46 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: NDSM terrein is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes. 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 NDSM terrein?

In NDSM terrein the police recorded 380 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (46 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 NDSM terrein calculated?

NDSM terrein scores 4.2 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 NDSM terrein 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.