neighbourhood in Amsterdam

Plan van Gool

3,135 residents · postal code 1025 · Part of Buikslotermeer, Amsterdam

Bottom 45% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, thinner wallets

Plan van Gool has not a single single-family home and over eleven thousand residents per square kilometre, and yet the area scores a 9.2 for families. That comes from the distances: school, supermarket and restaurant are all within five hundred metres, and school and childcare distance make up almost two thirds of that pillar.

The rate of social assistance here is nearly ten times the national middle and half of households have a low income; together with a property value below the median that explains the 3.9 for wealth & income. Low vacancy is the only component pointing the other way.

The tree canopy, at just over eighteen per cent, is double the national middle — exceptional for an area of this density. That the quiet & nature score still stops at a 4.0 is down to the density itself and to a sound level above the national median.

no. 7,246 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 224 of 454 in Amsterdam

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Is Plan van Gool a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Plan van Gool comes out at 27 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

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Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

26.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.9 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.5 per 1,000

Property crime

11.9 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 119 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

0.4 km

GP practice

0.8 km

Train station

5.5 km

Restaurant

0.3 km

Hospital

2.7 km

Café

0.6 km

Library

1.4 km

Motorway ramp

2.7 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

€ 379,000

Welfare recipients

76.6 per 1,000

High incomes

13%

Low incomes

51%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

30%

Social housing

63%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

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

11,201 inw/km²

Noise level

54 dB

Green surroundings

45%

Trees nearby

18%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

3,713

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

0.5 km

Households with children

33%

Childcare

0.2 km

Secondary school

1.0 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Plan van Gool has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 32%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–2514%
NL median 11%
25–4532%
NL median 22%
45–6524%
NL median 28%
65+14%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
48% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
33% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
11,201 — 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 Plan van Gool a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Plan van Gool comes out at 27 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. 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 Plan van Gool?

In Plan van Gool the police recorded 119 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (27 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 Plan van Gool calculated?

Plan van Gool scores 5.8 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 Plan van Gool 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.