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neighbourhood in Amsterdam

Rapenburg

1,030 residents · postal code 1011 · Part of Nieuwmarkt/Lastage, Amsterdam

  • no. 7,643 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 274 of 454 in Amsterdam

Scores per pillar

Home to 1,030 residents, Rapenburg is a dense urban neighbourhood in Amsterdam. On the national yardstick it earns a grade of 5.6. The profile is pronounced: amenities scores 9.2, while safety lags at 2.7.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
0.7 km
General practitioner
0.5 km
Primary school
0.8 km
Secondary school
1.9 km
Childcare
0.2 km
Train station
1.4 km
Hospital
2.2 km
Restaurant
0.1 km
Café
0.2 km
Library
1.5 km

Safety

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

Total crimes
64.4
Violent crimes
2.4
Burglaries
1.8

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 505,000
Owner-occupied
25%
Single-family homes
3%
Built after 2000
6%
Income per resident

Who lives here

0–15 7%15–25 24%25–45 37%45–65 20%65+ 12%
Average household size
1.5
Households with children
11%
Single-person households
64%
Residents per km²
11,189

Nearby neighbourhoods

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Rapenburg calculated?

Rapenburg scores 5.6 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 Rapenburg a safe neighbourhood?

Rapenburg scores 2.7 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (64.4 per year). The national median is around 24.1.