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neighbourhood in Amsterdam

Scheldebuurt-Oost

2,385 residents · postal code 1079 · Part of Scheldebuurt, Amsterdam

  • no. 3,807 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 149 of 454 in Amsterdam

Scores per pillar

Scheldebuurt-Oost is Amsterdam through and through: nearly 17,000 residents per square kilometre, not a single single-family home, and 48 per cent living alone. Amenities score a 10, the maximum, and at €629,000 the average home ranks among the pricier ones. Against that stands a 3.0 for safety — crime runs above the median at 35 offences per 1,000 people present — and a nature score of 2.5 that scrapes the floor of the scale.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
0.4 km
General practitioner
0.2 km
Primary school
0.3 km
Secondary school
0.8 km
Childcare
0.2 km
Train station
1.4 km
Hospital
2.7 km
Restaurant
0.2 km
Café
0.3 km
Library
1.3 km

Safety

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

Total crimes
34.8
Violent crimes
2.9
Burglaries
1.2

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 629,000
Owner-occupied
38%
Single-family homes
0%
Built after 2000
0%
Income per resident

Who lives here

0–15 12%15–25 11%25–45 45%45–65 18%65+ 13%
Average household size
1.8
Households with children
22%
Single-person households
48%
Residents per km²
16,968

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Scheldebuurt-Oost calculated?

Scheldebuurt-Oost scores 7.8 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 Scheldebuurt-Oost a safe neighbourhood?

Scheldebuurt-Oost scores 3.0 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (34.8 per year). The national median is around 24.1.