neighbourhood in Amsterdam
Spaarndammerbuurt-Noordoost
2,570 residents · postal code 1013 · Part of Spaarndammerbuurt/Zeeheldenbuurt, Amsterdam
Everything close by, little space
Two numbers define the picture in Spaarndammerbuurt-Noordoost, and they run against each other. The rate of social assistance is more than nine times the national middle, while the property value comes out above the median and the share of high incomes sits exactly on it. Expensive housing, many residents on a minimum income: that combination keeps wealth & income at 4.8 and is not unusual for an inner ring of Amsterdam.
The 3.9 for safety has a clear source. Violence here is at more than three times the national figure, and that is the heaviest item in the pillar; residential burglary, by contrast, is rarer than average.
The building density is among the very highest in the Netherlands, and that shows on both sides: a 9.6 for amenities, with everything within half a kilometre, against a 3.4 for quiet & nature with barely any greenery around.
- no. 8,416 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 276 of 454 in Amsterdam
How Spaarndammerbuurt-Noordoost scores
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Is Spaarndammerbuurt-Noordoost a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Spaarndammerbuurt-Noordoost comes out at 43 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Spaarndammerbuurt-Noordoost is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 178 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
Spaarndammerbuurt-Noordoost has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 37%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–159%
NL median 14%
- 15–259%
NL median 11%
- 25–4537%
NL median 22%
- 45–6528%
NL median 28%
- 65+17%
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
63% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
17% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
25,761 — 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 Spaarndammerbuurt-Noordoost a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Spaarndammerbuurt-Noordoost comes out at 43 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Spaarndammerbuurt-Noordoost 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 Spaarndammerbuurt-Noordoost?
In Spaarndammerbuurt-Noordoost the police recorded 178 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (43 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 Spaarndammerbuurt-Noordoost calculated?
Spaarndammerbuurt-Noordoost scores 5.2 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 Spaarndammerbuurt-Noordoost 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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