neighbourhood in Amsterdam

Science Park-Noord

2,670 residents · postal code 1098 · Part of Middenmeer, Amsterdam

Bottom 21% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

Science Park-Noord was built entirely after 2000, almost eight in ten households consist of one person and fewer than one in twenty residents are over sixty-five. That is a population profile found in few Dutch neighbourhoods, and the families score of 4.0 follows directly from it: the primary school is a good kilometre away and the share of households with children is among the lowest in the country.

The wealth & income pillar shows an unusual combination: no social assistance, a top income group above the national level, but at the same time a bottom group covering half of all households and a property value below the Dutch median. On safety, burglaries stand out — those run almost three times the middle — while criminal damage stays below it. Noise levels here are considerably above the Dutch level.

no. 10,396 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 363 of 454 in Amsterdam

Compare with…View on the map

Do some of these matter more to you than others?

Is Science Park-Noord a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Science Park-Noord comes out at 26 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch 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

26.3 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.5 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.6 per 1,000

Property crime

14.9 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.3 per 1,000

In 2025, 93 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

The safest neighbourhoods in Amsterdam →The most dangerous neighbourhoods in Amsterdam →

The figures ⌄

Amenities

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

Supermarket

0.3 km

GP practice

1.1 km

Train station

0.6 km

Restaurant

0.3 km

Hospital

3.1 km

Café

0.8 km

Library

1.4 km

Motorway ramp

2.3 km

Tick = Dutch median

Best amenities in Amsterdam →

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.

Property value

€ 337,000

Welfare recipients

0.0 per 1,000

High incomes

25%

Low incomes

49%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

14%

Social housing

73%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

Built after 2000

100%

Tick = Dutch median

The most affluent neighbourhoods in Amsterdam →

The figures ⌄

Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.

Population density

6,527 inw/km²

Noise level

59 dB

Green surroundings

38%

Trees nearby

11%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

4,427

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.7 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

The quietest, greenest neighbourhoods in Amsterdam →

The figures ⌄

Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.

Primary school

1.2 km

Households with children

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

1.0 km

Residents under 15

Tick = Dutch median

The best neighbourhoods for families in Amsterdam →

Who lives here

Science Park-Noord has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 49%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–155%
NL median 14%
15–2549%
NL median 11%
25–4533%
NL median 22%
45–6510%
NL median 28%
65+3%
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
1.3 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
78% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
6% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,527 — 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 Science Park-Noord a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Science Park-Noord comes out at 26 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Science Park-Noord?

In Science Park-Noord the police recorded 93 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (26 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 Science Park-Noord calculated?

Science Park-Noord scores 4.0 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 Science Park-Noord 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.