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neighbourhood in Amsterdam

Sarphatistrook

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

  • no. 5,516 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 211 of 454 in Amsterdam

Scores per pillar

The Sarphatistrook follows the Sarphatistraat along the Singelgracht, between Weesperplein and Oosterpark. Living here is stacked and expensive: 99 percent flats, €626k average value. Amenities score 9.8, but the 88 crimes per 1,000 people present — over three times the median — push safety down to 2.6. Overall: 6.8.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
0.4 km
General practitioner
0.5 km
Primary school
0.4 km
Secondary school
0.8 km
Childcare
0.5 km
Train station
1.9 km
Hospital
1.0 km
Restaurant
0.3 km
Café
0.4 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
87.7
Violent crimes
3.6
Burglaries
1.6

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 626,000
Owner-occupied
31%
Single-family homes
1%
Built after 2000
12%
Income per resident

Who lives here

0–15 8%15–25 17%25–45 41%45–65 22%65+ 12%
Average household size
1.6
Households with children
13%
Single-person households
61%
Residents per km²
10,672

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Sarphatistrook calculated?

Sarphatistrook scores 6.8 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 Sarphatistrook a safe neighbourhood?

Sarphatistrook scores 2.6 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (87.7 per year). The national median is around 24.1.