neighbourhood in Amsterdam
Scheldebuurt-Midden
3,120 residents · postal code 1078 · Part of Scheldebuurt, Amsterdam
Everything close by, little space
The number of reported offences here is above the national middle, and yet safety still comes out at a 7.7. That is because almost all of it is property crime: those figures sit well above the median, while violence, burglary and vandalism all stay below it. This is the profile of a busy city neighbourhood where things go missing, not of a place where you would rather stay indoors after dark.
The price of that bustle shows up in the 2.8 for quiet & nature. Scheldebuurt-Midden has almost twenty thousand residents per square kilometre, far less greenery in its immediate surroundings than the national median, and a noise level well above it. Silence is the scarce commodity here, not services: the supermarket, the GP and a restaurant are all within walking distance, which is worth a 9.9.
Wealth rests mainly on property values and on a share of high incomes more than double the national figure. Vacancy is the one component pointing the other way.
- no. 1,125 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 22 of 454 in Amsterdam
How Scheldebuurt-Midden scores
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Is Scheldebuurt-Midden a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Scheldebuurt-Midden comes out at 27 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 134 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
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The figures ⌄Amenities
Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄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.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Quiet & nature
How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
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
The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Tick = Dutch median
Who lives here
Scheldebuurt-Midden has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 43%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1513%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4543%
NL median 22%
- 45–6518%
NL median 28%
- 65+14%
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
1.9 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
47% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
22% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
19,468 — 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 Scheldebuurt-Midden a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Scheldebuurt-Midden comes out at 27 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. Even so, the safety grade at the top of this page is 7.7. That grade weighs violence and burglary most heavily, and both are low here: of the 27 records per 1,000, 1.6 is violence. What gets counted is mostly theft — the picture of a business park or shopping area, not of an unsafe residential street. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Scheldebuurt-Midden?
In Scheldebuurt-Midden the police recorded 134 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (27 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 Scheldebuurt-Midden calculated?
Scheldebuurt-Midden scores 9.4 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 Scheldebuurt-Midden 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.
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