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Nieuwmarkt

1,575 residents · postal code 1011 · Part of Nieuwmarkt/Lastage, Amsterdam

  • no. 9,598 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 334 of 454 in Amsterdam
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Scores per pillar

Home to 1,575 residents, Nieuwmarkt is a dense urban neighbourhood in Amsterdam. On the national yardstick it earns a grade of 4.5. The profile is pronounced: amenities scores 10.0, while safety lags at 2.5.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
0.3 km
General practitioner
0.3 km
Primary school
0.4 km
Secondary school
2.2 km
Childcare
0.3 km
Train station
1.1 km
Hospital
1.4 km
Restaurant
0.1 km
Café
0.2 km
Library
1.1 km

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year (residents plus business activity, see method). Small neighbourhoods are statistically smoothed.

Total crimes
56.3
Violent crimes
6.8
Burglaries
1.9

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 543,000
Owner-occupied
17%
Single-family homes
5%
Built after 2000
0%
Income per resident
–

Who lives here

0–15 7%15–25 11%25–45 24%45–65 26%65+ 32%
Average household size
1.5
Households with children
12%
Single-person households
69%
Residents per km²
26,505

Nearby neighbourhoods

Burgwallen-Oost

Amsterdam

5.0

Lastage

Amsterdam

7.5

Zuiderkerkbuurt

Amsterdam

5.7

Uilenburg

Amsterdam

6.8

Scheepvaarthuisbuurt

Amsterdam

6.6

Oude Kerk e.o.

Amsterdam

4.1

Similar neighbourhoods

Sporenbuurt-oost

Capelle aan den IJssel

4.5

Slotjes-Oost

Oosterhout

4.5

Zuilenstein-Zuid

Nieuwegein

4.5

Cuijk kern

Land van Cuijk

4.5

Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Nieuwmarkt calculated?

Nieuwmarkt scores 4.5 overall. That is a weighted average of five pillars: safety, amenities, housing, social & income, and nature & quiet. Each pillar compares this neighbourhood with every other neighbourhood in the Netherlands, using open data from CBS and the police.

Is Nieuwmarkt a safe neighbourhood?

Nieuwmarkt scores 2.5 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (56.3 per year). The national median is around 24.1.