neighbourhood in Amsterdam
Nieuwmarkt
1,575 residents · postal code 1011 · Part of Nieuwmarkt/Lastage, Amsterdam
Everything close by, safety lags
A 6.7 for families in Nieuwmarkt, where the share of children under fifteen is a fraction of the national figure: that score mainly measures proximity here. The primary school is four hundred metres away, and that distance alone determines almost a third of the pillar.
The wealth & income pillar does not summarise in one sentence. Property value is above the Dutch middle, but almost half of households are in the lowest income group and the share of residents on social assistance is almost five times above the median. Expensive homes and low household incomes on the same streets — that is what a 5.3 means here.
The 2.6 for safety comes from violence and property crime both sitting well above the national figure. For those who live here that is a familiar trade: everything a few minutes' walk away, and a centre that after dark belongs to everyone except the residents.
- no. 10,260 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 357 of 454 in Amsterdam
How Nieuwmarkt scores
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Is Nieuwmarkt a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Nieuwmarkt comes out at 56 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Nieuwmarkt is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 174 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.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
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
Nieuwmarkt has strikingly few children under 15: 7%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–157%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4524%
NL median 22%
- 45–6526%
NL median 28%
- 65+32%
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
1.5 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
69% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
12% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
26,505 — 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 Nieuwmarkt a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Nieuwmarkt comes out at 56 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Nieuwmarkt 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 Nieuwmarkt?
In Nieuwmarkt the police recorded 174 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (56 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 Nieuwmarkt calculated?
Nieuwmarkt scores 4.1 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 Nieuwmarkt 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.
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