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neighbourhood in Amsterdam

Ruys de Beerenbrouckbuurt

6,130 residents · postal code 1067 · Part of Geuzenveld, Amsterdam

  • no. 9,508 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 329 of 454 in Amsterdam

Scores per pillar

The Ruys de Beerenbrouckbuurt lies in Geuzenveld, on Amsterdam's western edge, and nearly half of it has been rebuilt since 2000. It is a family district on a low income: €24,000 per resident, an ownership rate of just twenty percent and over forty percent of households with children. Amenities score high at 9.6, but social cohesion lags at 2.8. The overall grade comes to 4.6.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
0.4 km
General practitioner
0.7 km
Primary school
0.3 km
Secondary school
1.8 km
Childcare
0.3 km
Train station
3.4 km
Hospital
3.6 km
Restaurant
0.3 km
Café
0.4 km
Library
1.0 km

Safety

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

Total crimes
26.5
Violent crimes
1.5
Burglaries
0.8

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 401,000
Owner-occupied
20%
Single-family homes
27%
Built after 2000
48%
Income per resident
€ 24,000

Who lives here

0–15 22%15–25 13%25–45 30%45–65 23%65+ 12%
Average household size
2.4
Households with children
43%
Single-person households
40%
Residents per km²
15,270

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Ruys de Beerenbrouckbuurt calculated?

Ruys de Beerenbrouckbuurt scores 4.5 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 Ruys de Beerenbrouckbuurt a safe neighbourhood?

Ruys de Beerenbrouckbuurt scores 5.2 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (26.5 per year). The national median is around 24.1.