neighbourhood in Amsterdam

Weesp Centrum

2,160 residents · postal code 1381 · Part of Weesp Binnenstad/Zuid, Amsterdam

Top 18% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

Weesp Centrum scores a 10.0 for amenities — one of the highest figures in the country — and at the same time a 4.3 for quiet & nature. That is not a contradiction but the definition of an old town centre: shops, GP, restaurant and station are all within a kilometre, and you pay for that in density.

The quiet & nature pillar weighs five things equally, and Weesp Centrum does surprisingly mixed work there. Water is abundant, far more than in the average Dutch neighbourhood, but the share of greenery within three hundred metres stays well below the median and the noise level sits above it. The water is what keeps the score from sinking further.

On safety the difference lies in the type of report. Burglary occurs less often here than is nationally usual, property crime distinctly more — the pattern of a place many people pass through.

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no. 55 of 454 in Amsterdam

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Is Weesp Centrum a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Weesp Centrum comes out at 31 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

The figures ⌄

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

31.3 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.0 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.3 per 1,000

Property crime

13.5 per 1,000

Vandalism

4.1 per 1,000

In 2025, 125 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

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The figures ⌄

Amenities

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

Supermarket

0.5 km

GP practice

0.5 km

Train station

0.9 km

Restaurant

0.2 km

Hospital

1.2 km

Café

0.3 km

Library

0.4 km

Motorway ramp

0.8 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

€ 518,000

Welfare recipients

18.5 per 1,000

High incomes

29%

Low incomes

34%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

57%

Social housing

23%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

58%

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

6,678 inw/km²

Noise level

57 dB

Green surroundings

36%

Trees nearby

Water share

24%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,224

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.5 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

24%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

0.6 km

Residents under 15

13%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Weesp Centrum looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1513%
NL median 14%
15–259%
NL median 11%
25–4526%
NL median 22%
45–6529%
NL median 28%
65+24%
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
48% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
24% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,678 — 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 Weesp Centrum a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Weesp Centrum comes out at 31 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. 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 Weesp Centrum?

In Weesp Centrum the police recorded 125 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (31 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 Weesp Centrum calculated?

Weesp Centrum scores 8.7 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 Weesp Centrum 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.