neighbourhood in Amsterdam

Rieteilanden-West

2,580 residents · postal code 1087 · Part of IJburg-West, Amsterdam

Top 5% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, and little room

With a 9.7, Rieteilanden-West is among the highest-scoring neighbourhoods in the country, and that score rests on four strong pillars and one weak one. The wealth side is exceptional: the property value is more than double the national median and over four in ten households have a high income, while social assistance stays below the national middle.

The 3.4 for quiet & nature is the counterweight, and it does not come from noise — that is barely above the median here. It lies in the greenery and above all in the tree canopy, which comes in at a fraction of the national level. Newly reclaimed land does not yet carry mature trees, and the water around it only partly makes up for that.

The families score of 9.9 is deserved here for the usual reason and then some: the school is three hundred metres away and more than half of households have children.

no. 578 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 13 of 454 in Amsterdam

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Is Rieteilanden-West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Rieteilanden-West comes out at 18 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer 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

17.8 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.0 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.5 per 1,000

Property crime

7.5 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.9 per 1,000

In 2025, 71 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

0.6 km

GP practice

0.7 km

Train station

6.3 km

Restaurant

0.3 km

Hospital

7.4 km

Café

5.3 km

Library

0.6 km

Motorway ramp

2.1 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

€ 916,000

Welfare recipients

7.8 per 1,000

High incomes

43%

Low incomes

34%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

66%

Social housing

13%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

56%

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

9,481 inw/km²

Noise level

52 dB

Green surroundings

31%

Trees nearby

Water share

10%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,163

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.4 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

0.3 km

Households with children

52%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

1.3 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Rieteilanden-West has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 19%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–2519%
NL median 11%
25–4519%
NL median 22%
45–6538%
NL median 28%
65+8%
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
2.6 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
23% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
52% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
9,481 — 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 Rieteilanden-West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Rieteilanden-West comes out at 18 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Rieteilanden-West?

In Rieteilanden-West the police recorded 71 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (18 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 Rieteilanden-West calculated?

Rieteilanden-West scores 9.7 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 Rieteilanden-West 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.