neighbourhood in Amsterdam

Nieuwendammerdijk-West

1,020 residents · postal code 1025 · Part of Nieuwendammerdijk/Buiksloterdijk, Amsterdam

Top 7% in the Netherlands

Well-off, and well out of town

Nearly all homes in Nieuwendammerdijk-West are owner-occupied, and property values are more than double the national median. That 9.8 for wealth & income holds up on every component: high incomes well above the middle, low incomes below it, and nobody on social assistance. Only vacancy sits slightly above the national level — a detail in an otherwise consistent picture.

The offence figure is below the median, but one type stands out. Burglary happens here more than twice as often as is usual nationally, while violence, vandalism and property crime all stay below. That is the pattern of a neighbourhood of detached owner-occupied homes: there is something to take, and the rest of the crime stays away.

The families pillar reaches 9.0, with the primary school nine hundred metres off and almost half of households having children. What is missing is a station nearby: the closest is more than five kilometres away.

no. 818 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 18 of 454 in Amsterdam

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Is Nieuwendammerdijk-West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Nieuwendammerdijk-West comes out at 20 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer 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

19.6 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.5 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.4 per 1,000

Property crime

8.2 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.8 per 1,000

In 2025, 31 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

1.2 km

GP practice

1.2 km

Train station

5.2 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

3.0 km

Café

0.5 km

Library

2.1 km

Motorway ramp

3.1 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

€ 942,000

Welfare recipients

0.0 per 1,000

High incomes

39%

Low incomes

31%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

92%

Social housing

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

85%

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

10,231 inw/km²

Noise level

56 dB

Green surroundings

52%

Trees nearby

23%

Water share

17%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,651

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.7 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

0.9 km

Households with children

45%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

0.8 km

Residents under 15

18%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Nieuwendammerdijk-West has strikingly many children under 15: 18%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1518%
NL median 14%
15–2513%
NL median 11%
25–4520%
NL median 22%
45–6532%
NL median 28%
65+17%
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
2.5 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
25% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
45% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
10,231 — 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 Nieuwendammerdijk-West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Nieuwendammerdijk-West comes out at 20 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Nieuwendammerdijk-West?

In Nieuwendammerdijk-West the police recorded 31 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (20 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 Nieuwendammerdijk-West calculated?

Nieuwendammerdijk-West scores 9.5 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 Nieuwendammerdijk-West 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.