neighbourhood in Amsterdam

Van der Pekbuurt

4,470 residents · postal code 1031 · Part of Volewijck, Amsterdam

Bottom 13% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, safety lags

Theft in Van der Pekbuurt is almost four times the national median and violence more than three times; burglary and vandalism are far above it too. All four items point the same way, and that makes the 2.6 for safety a broad score.

The wealth & income pillar shows a second picture. Property value is practically on the national median — not low by Amsterdam standards — but the social assistance rate is a multiple of the national level and almost one in ten homes is vacant. So it is not the housing stock holding this pillar at 3.4, but who lives here and what they have to spend.

The 9.5 for amenities is the flip side of the same density that depresses the quiet & nature score: supermarket, GP and restaurant are a few hundred metres away, while there is hardly any greenery within walking distance.

no. 11,457 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 403 of 454 in Amsterdam

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Is Van der Pekbuurt 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

61.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

8.0 per 1,000

Burglaries

2.2 per 1,000

Property crime

34.9 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.8 per 1,000

In 2025, 477 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

0.3 km

Train station

4.8 km

Restaurant

0.2 km

Hospital

2.7 km

Café

0.3 km

Library

0.4 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

€ 406,000

Welfare recipients

78.3 per 1,000

High incomes

11%

Low incomes

52%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

12%

Social housing

81%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

14%

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

9,108 inw/km²

Noise level

57 dB

Green surroundings

23%

Trees nearby

Water share

16%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

3,693

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.0 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

0.6 km

Households with children

28%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

0.5 km

Residents under 15

14%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Van der Pekbuurt has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 34%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4534%
NL median 22%
45–6528%
NL median 28%
65+11%
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
55% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
28% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
9,108 — 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 Van der Pekbuurt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Van der Pekbuurt comes out at 62 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Van der Pekbuurt 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 Van der Pekbuurt?

In Van der Pekbuurt the police recorded 477 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (62 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 Van der Pekbuurt calculated?

Van der Pekbuurt scores 3.4 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 Van der Pekbuurt 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.