neighbourhood in Amsterdam

Valeriusbuurt-West

2,620 residents · postal code 1075 · Part of Willemspark, Amsterdam

Top 12% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

A property value close to a million and still no nine for wealth & income: in Valeriusbuurt-West two components pull the other way. The share of residents on social assistance sits above the national median and vacancy is double it. The wealth here is mostly in the bricks, not in the full household picture.

The 4.0 for safety is almost entirely theft: the property-crime figure is more than three times the national median, while burglary and vandalism stay close to it. Violence is slightly above, so the picture is not of a neighbourhood without rough edges but of a place where things mainly disappear. That the families score of 9.5 ranks among the highest in the country comes from the primary school around the corner, not from the number of children living here.

no. 1,541 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 34 of 454 in Amsterdam

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Is Valeriusbuurt-West 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

44.5 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.9 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.7 per 1,000

Property crime

30.3 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.1 per 1,000

In 2025, 209 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

0.2 km

GP practice

0.5 km

Train station

2.1 km

Restaurant

0.2 km

Hospital

2.4 km

Café

0.5 km

Library

1.2 km

Motorway ramp

1.8 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

€ 980,000

Welfare recipients

11.5 per 1,000

High incomes

44%

Low incomes

28%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

46%

Social housing

17%

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

19,302 inw/km²

Noise level

57 dB

Green surroundings

30%

Trees nearby

13%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

7,744

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.6 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

31%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

0.3 km

Residents under 15

17%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Valeriusbuurt-West has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 32%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1517%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4532%
NL median 22%
45–6525%
NL median 28%
65+15%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
40% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
31% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
19,302 — 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 Valeriusbuurt-West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Valeriusbuurt-West comes out at 45 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Valeriusbuurt-West 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 Valeriusbuurt-West?

In Valeriusbuurt-West the police recorded 209 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (45 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 Valeriusbuurt-West calculated?

Valeriusbuurt-West scores 9.1 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 Valeriusbuurt-West 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.