neighbourhood in Amsterdam

Spaarndammerbuurt-Noordwest

1,915 residents · postal code 1013 · Part of Spaarndammerbuurt/Zeeheldenbuurt, Amsterdam

Bottom 18% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

The share of residents on social assistance in Spaarndammerbuurt-Noordwest is almost nine times above the national middle and only one in ten homes is owner-occupied. Even so the wealth & income pillar lands at a 5.4, and that is property value: it sits above the Dutch middle and carries the most weight in this pillar. So people here live expensively without the neighbourhood's income reflecting it.

The 3.2 for safety comes largely from violence, which is more than twice above the median, and from property crime. Vandalism actually occurs less here than average.

The contrast with amenities is stark: a 9.1, with supermarket, GP, school and restaurant all within eight hundred metres. That same density and the noise level that comes with it push the quiet & nature pillar down to a 2.6, one of the lowest scores the model produces.

no. 10,761 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 380 of 454 in Amsterdam

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Is Spaarndammerbuurt-Noordwest a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Spaarndammerbuurt-Noordwest comes out at 32 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

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Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

32.5 per 1,000

Violent crime

5.9 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.9 per 1,000

Property crime

13.7 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.6 per 1,000

In 2025, 97 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

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Amenities

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

Supermarket

0.4 km

GP practice

0.7 km

Train station

3.0 km

Restaurant

0.4 km

Hospital

3.4 km

Café

0.4 km

Library

0.8 km

Motorway ramp

2.1 km

Tick = Dutch median

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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

€ 465,000

Welfare recipients

67.9 per 1,000

High incomes

20%

Low incomes

37%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

10%

Social housing

86%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

Built after 2000

Tick = Dutch median

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Quiet & nature

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

Population density

16,096 inw/km²

Noise level

58 dB

Green surroundings

32%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

4,360

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.2 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

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Families

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

Primary school

0.8 km

Households with children

24%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

0.8 km

Residents under 15

13%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Spaarndammerbuurt-Noordwest has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 42%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1513%
NL median 14%
15–257%
NL median 11%
25–4542%
NL median 22%
45–6527%
NL median 28%
65+11%
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
1.7 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
54% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
24% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
16,096 — 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-Noordwest a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Spaarndammerbuurt-Noordwest comes out at 32 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. 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-Noordwest?

In Spaarndammerbuurt-Noordwest the police recorded 97 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (32 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-Noordwest calculated?

Spaarndammerbuurt-Noordwest scores 3.8 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-Noordwest 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.