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Valkenburg

1,215 residents · postal code 1011 · Part of Nieuwmarkt/Lastage, Amsterdam

  • no. 4,221 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 164 of 454 in Amsterdam
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Scores per pillar

Valkenburg is a dense urban neighbourhood in Amsterdam with 1,215 residents. Measured against every neighbourhood in the Netherlands, it scores 7.6 out of 10. The profile is pronounced: amenities scores 9.4, while nature and quiet lags at 3.6.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
0.6 km
General practitioner
0.7 km
Primary school
0.4 km
Secondary school
1.7 km
Childcare
0.4 km
Train station
1.7 km
Hospital
2.0 km
Restaurant
0.2 km
Café
0.2 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
40.7
Violent crimes
1.8
Burglaries
0.5

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 567,000
Owner-occupied
41%
Single-family homes
0%
Built after 2000
0%
Income per resident
–

Who lives here

0–15 8%15–25 11%25–45 34%45–65 21%65+ 26%
Average household size
1.5
Households with children
13%
Single-person households
67%
Residents per km²
17,885

Nearby neighbourhoods

Uilenburg

Amsterdam

6.8

Rapenburg

Amsterdam

5.6

Waterloopleinbuurt

Amsterdam

5.4

Plantage

Amsterdam

7.7

Weesperbuurt

Amsterdam

7.5

Scheepvaarthuisbuurt

Amsterdam

6.6

Similar neighbourhoods

Buitengebied ten oosten van Geffen

Oss

7.6

Winssen-Centrum

Beuningen

7.6

Daalmeer-Zuidoost

Alkmaar

7.6

Nieuw-Vennep Welgelegen

Haarlemmermeer

7.6

Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Valkenburg calculated?

Valkenburg scores 7.6 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 Valkenburg a safe neighbourhood?

Valkenburg scores 4.3 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (40.7 per year). The national median is around 24.1.