neighbourhood in Amsterdam

Overhoeks

4,015 residents · postal code 1031 · Part of Noordelijke IJ-oevers-West, Amsterdam

Bottom 38% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

More than forty per cent of Overhoeks is water, and that measurement carries a fifth of the quiet & nature pillar. Even so the pillar stops at 3.4, because the other measurements point the other way: greenery in the surroundings does not reach a quarter of the national share and tree canopy is virtually absent.

The wealth & income pillar is the strongest of the five, though not without exception. The property value and the share of high incomes are far above the national median, while at the same time the social assistance rate is more than twice it. Within the safety pillar, property crime is by far the largest item, at almost four times the national figure.

no. 8,116 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 263 of 454 in Amsterdam

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Is Overhoeks 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

48.6 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.3 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.7 per 1,000

Property crime

35.3 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.9 per 1,000

In 2025, 313 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

0.3 km

GP practice

0.6 km

Train station

5.5 km

Restaurant

0.3 km

Hospital

3.3 km

Café

0.4 km

Library

1.2 km

Motorway ramp

4.5 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

€ 655,000

Welfare recipients

19.9 per 1,000

High incomes

48%

Low incomes

21%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

28%

Social housing

27%

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

13,288 inw/km²

Noise level

53 dB

Green surroundings

13%

Trees nearby

Water share

41%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

4,174

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.1 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

1.0 km

Households with children

13%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

0.4 km

Residents under 15

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Overhoeks has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 55%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–157%
NL median 14%
15–259%
NL median 11%
25–4555%
NL median 22%
45–6518%
NL median 28%
65+10%
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
1.6 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
53% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
13% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
13,288 — 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 Overhoeks a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Overhoeks comes out at 49 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Overhoeks 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 Overhoeks?

In Overhoeks the police recorded 313 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (49 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 Overhoeks calculated?

Overhoeks scores 5.3 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 Overhoeks 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.