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Uilenburg

1,255 residents · postal code 1011 · Part of Nieuwmarkt/Lastage, Amsterdam

  • no. 5,496 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 209 of 454 in Amsterdam
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Scores per pillar

Home to 1,255 residents, Uilenburg is a dense urban neighbourhood in Amsterdam. On the national yardstick it earns a grade of 6.8. The profile is pronounced: amenities scores 9.7, while safety lags at 2.7.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
0.4 km
General practitioner
0.6 km
Primary school
0.4 km
Secondary school
2.0 km
Childcare
0.3 km
Train station
1.6 km
Hospital
1.9 km
Restaurant
0.3 km
Café
0.3 km
Library
1.7 km

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year (residents plus business activity, see method). Small neighbourhoods are statistically smoothed.

Total crimes
73.8
Violent crimes
2.8
Burglaries
1.5

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 596,000
Owner-occupied
37%
Single-family homes
0%
Built after 2000
28%
Income per resident
–

Who lives here

0–15 6%15–25 11%25–45 36%45–65 27%65+ 20%
Average household size
1.5
Households with children
11%
Single-person households
62%
Residents per km²
15,587

Nearby neighbourhoods

Valkenburg

Amsterdam

7.6

Nieuwmarkt

Amsterdam

4.5

Waterloopleinbuurt

Amsterdam

5.4

Scheepvaarthuisbuurt

Amsterdam

6.6

Lastage

Amsterdam

7.5

Rapenburg

Amsterdam

5.6

Similar neighbourhoods

Ohé

Maasgouw

6.8

Hoog-Catharijne NS en Jaarbeurs

Utrecht

6.8

Verspreide huizen Breedenbroek

Oude IJsselstreek

6.8

Einighausen

Sittard-Geleen

6.8

Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Uilenburg calculated?

Uilenburg scores 6.8 overall. That is a weighted average of five pillars: safety, amenities, housing, social & income, and nature & quiet. Each pillar compares this neighbourhood with every other neighbourhood in the Netherlands, using open data from CBS and the police.

Is Uilenburg a safe neighbourhood?

Uilenburg scores 2.7 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (73.8 per year). The national median is around 24.1.