neighbourhood in Amsterdam

Vogelbuurt-Noord

1,030 residents · postal code 1022 · Part of IJplein/Vogelbuurt, Amsterdam

Bottom 44% in the Netherlands

Good for children, with a safety question

One in seven homes in Vogelbuurt-Noord stands empty, nearly four times the national norm. That is the most striking item behind the 4.1 for wealth & income, because property values here are actually above the national median. The income side pulls the pillar down further: fewer households on a high income than average, more on a low one, and a social assistance rate many times the national level.

Noise is among the higher levels in the country, more than eleven decibels above the median, and yet quiet & nature scores 6.2. That comes from the other side of the pillar: tree canopy here is double the national middle, there is water, and population density is low by Amsterdam standards.

For families this is one of the stronger neighbourhoods in the city, with the primary school four hundred metres away. The offence figure stands against that: more than twice the national middle, with violence clearly above it.

no. 7,404 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 232 of 454 in Amsterdam

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Is Vogelbuurt-Noord 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

54.3 per 1,000

Violent crime

6.3 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.2 per 1,000

Property crime

27.3 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.4 per 1,000

In 2025, 101 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

0.6 km

GP practice

1.0 km

Train station

4.5 km

Restaurant

0.4 km

Hospital

3.2 km

Café

0.5 km

Library

1.4 km

Motorway ramp

3.2 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

€ 457,000

Welfare recipients

48.5 per 1,000

High incomes

14%

Low incomes

45%

Vacancy

15%

Owner-occupied

20%

Social housing

75%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

38%

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

3,592 inw/km²

Noise level

63 dB

Green surroundings

46%

Trees nearby

17%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,789

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.8 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

0.4 km

Households with children

26%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

0.4 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Vogelbuurt-Noord has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 37%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–258%
NL median 11%
25–4537%
NL median 22%
45–6526%
NL median 28%
65+13%
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
54% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
26% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,592 — 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 Vogelbuurt-Noord a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Vogelbuurt-Noord comes out at 54 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Vogelbuurt-Noord 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 Vogelbuurt-Noord?

In Vogelbuurt-Noord the police recorded 101 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (54 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 Vogelbuurt-Noord calculated?

Vogelbuurt-Noord scores 5.8 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 Vogelbuurt-Noord 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.