neighbourhood in Amsterdam

Sarphatistrook

1,950 residents · postal code 1018 · Part of Weesperbuurt/Plantage, Amsterdam

Bottom 41% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, safety lags

Property crime in Sarphatistrook sits six times above the national middle and violence more than three times. That combination produces a 2.6 for safety, and it is the most honest way into this neighbourhood: moving here means trading access for busyness, not just for quiet.

Because the other side is just as sharp. The amenities pillar reaches a 9.6, with supermarket, GP and school all within half a kilometre. And on income the area is above average: property value is well above the Dutch middle and the highest income group is larger than nationally. Only the share of residents on social assistance sits almost three times above the median, which makes the picture mixed.

Six in ten households consist of one person and barely one in eight has children. That the families pillar still comes out at a 6.8 is down to the short school distance — not to who lives here.

no. 7,717 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 246 of 454 in Amsterdam

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Is Sarphatistrook 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

87.7 per 1,000

Violent crime

7.3 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.6 per 1,000

Property crime

55.6 per 1,000

Vandalism

4.1 per 1,000

In 2025, 402 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

0.5 km

Train station

1.9 km

Restaurant

0.3 km

Hospital

1.0 km

Café

0.4 km

Library

1.5 km

Motorway ramp

3.9 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

€ 626,000

Welfare recipients

20.5 per 1,000

High incomes

32%

Low incomes

35%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

31%

Social housing

42%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

Built after 2000

12%

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

10,672 inw/km²

Noise level

59 dB

Green surroundings

26%

Trees nearby

12%

Water share

14%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

8,339

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.4 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

0.4 km

Households with children

13%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

0.8 km

Residents under 15

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Sarphatistrook has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 41%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–158%
NL median 14%
15–2517%
NL median 11%
25–4541%
NL median 22%
45–6522%
NL median 28%
65+12%
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
61% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
13% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
10,672 — 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 Sarphatistrook a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Sarphatistrook comes out at 88 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Sarphatistrook 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 Sarphatistrook?

In Sarphatistrook the police recorded 402 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (88 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 Sarphatistrook calculated?

Sarphatistrook scores 5.6 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 Sarphatistrook 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.