neighbourhood in Amsterdam

Sporenburg

2,630 residents · postal code 1019 · Part of Oostelijk Havengebied, Amsterdam

Top 1% in the Netherlands

Safe, but not spacious

Almost sixty per cent of the surface of Sporenburg is water — and still the quiet & nature score is a 3.7. Water counts towards that pillar, but greenery and tree canopy are all but absent and density is high; the noise level, by contrast, is below the national median.

Each of the four offence types stays below the national middle, vandalism even at an eighth of it. That is remarkable at this density, and it produces a 9.8 for safety.

Wealth & income comes out at 8.8, with property values close to twice the national median and a wide top income group. One component deviates: the social assistance rate is above the national middle.

no. 60 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 1 of 454 in Amsterdam

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Is Sporenburg a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Sporenburg comes out at 11 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Sporenburg is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.

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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

11.2 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.3 per 1,000

Property crime

5.7 per 1,000

Vandalism

0.3 per 1,000

In 2025, 40 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

0.5 km

Train station

2.5 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

3.4 km

Café

0.4 km

Library

1.7 km

Motorway ramp

3.9 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

€ 730,000

Welfare recipients

11.4 per 1,000

High incomes

41%

Low incomes

30%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

49%

Social housing

34%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

34%

Built after 2000

53%

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

16,634 inw/km²

Noise level

50 dB

Green surroundings

11%

Trees nearby

Water share

58%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

4,371

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.6 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

0.3 km

Households with children

38%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

0.6 km

Residents under 15

14%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Sporenburg has strikingly few residents aged 65 and over: 10%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–2514%
NL median 11%
25–4523%
NL median 22%
45–6538%
NL median 28%
65+10%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
33% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
38% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
16,634 — 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 Sporenburg a safe neighbourhood?

How much crime is there in Sporenburg?

In Sporenburg the police recorded 40 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (11 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 Sporenburg calculated?

Sporenburg scores 10.0 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 Sporenburg 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.