neighbourhood in Amsterdam

Transvaalbuurt-Oost

4,785 residents · postal code 1092 · Part of Transvaalbuurt, Amsterdam

Bottom 37% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, safety lags

With almost twenty-five thousand residents per square kilometre, Transvaalbuurt-Oost is extremely densely populated, and that works both ways. Amenities scores a 9.9 with it — supermarket, GP, school and catering are all within half a kilometre — and quiet & nature gets stuck at a 3.5, with little greenery around and noise above the national median.

The 2.8 for safety cannot be attributed to one category: violence, burglary, theft and vandalism all four lie above the Dutch middle, theft even at a multiple of it.

The wealth score deserves explanation, because the property value here lies well above the average and yet there is a 5.3. That is down to the other components: the share of social assistance benefits is many times higher than the median, households on low incomes are more numerous than nationally, and more stands empty than average.

no. 8,339 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 271 of 454 in Amsterdam

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Is Transvaalbuurt-Oost a safe 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

51.8 per 1,000

Violent crime

4.6 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.3 per 1,000

Property crime

31.3 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.2 per 1,000

In 2025, 399 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

0.3 km

GP practice

0.6 km

Train station

1.2 km

Restaurant

0.2 km

Hospital

1.1 km

Café

0.3 km

Library

0.8 km

Motorway ramp

2.9 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

€ 525,000

Welfare recipients

58.5 per 1,000

High incomes

23%

Low incomes

43%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

24%

Social housing

56%

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

24,646 inw/km²

Noise level

56 dB

Green surroundings

27%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

7,956

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.3 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

0.5 km

Households with children

25%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

0.7 km

Residents under 15

13%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Transvaalbuurt-Oost has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 41%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1513%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4541%
NL median 22%
45–6522%
NL median 28%
65+12%
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
1.8 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
53% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
25% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
24,646 — 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 Transvaalbuurt-Oost a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Transvaalbuurt-Oost comes out at 52 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Transvaalbuurt-Oost 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 Transvaalbuurt-Oost?

In Transvaalbuurt-Oost the police recorded 399 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (52 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 Transvaalbuurt-Oost calculated?

Transvaalbuurt-Oost 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 Transvaalbuurt-Oost 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.