neighbourhood in Amsterdam

Weesperzijde-Midden/Zuid

3,240 residents · postal code 1091 · Part of Weesperzijde, Amsterdam

Bottom 37% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, safety lags

Weesperzijde-Midden/Zuid is one of the most densely populated neighbourhoods in the country, and a fifth of its surface is water. Those two things together shape almost everything on this page.

The safety score of 2.7 comes overwhelmingly from property crime: nearly four times the national median. But it would be too easy to leave it there, because violence here is above the middle as well. So this is not only a place where bicycles disappear.

The wealth pillar mostly points upwards — high property value, many high incomes, few low ones — with one deviation: vacancy is above the national median, and that in a city short of housing. For quiet and nature the outcome is predictable: greenery within three hundred metres comes nowhere near the national level, and noise exposure is far above it. Living here means trading silence for everything within walking distance.

no. 8,344 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 273 of 454 in Amsterdam

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Is Weesperzijde-Midden/Zuid 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

54.0 per 1,000

Violent crime

4.3 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.5 per 1,000

Property crime

34.7 per 1,000

Vandalism

4.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 332 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

0.7 km

GP practice

0.8 km

Train station

1.2 km

Restaurant

0.1 km

Hospital

1.4 km

Café

0.6 km

Library

1.6 km

Motorway ramp

3.0 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

€ 629,000

Welfare recipients

21.6 per 1,000

High incomes

38%

Low incomes

30%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

38%

Social housing

23%

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

17,559 inw/km²

Noise level

58 dB

Green surroundings

21%

Trees nearby

Water share

21%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

9,600

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.5 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

0.5 km

Households with children

17%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

0.7 km

Residents under 15

10%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Weesperzijde-Midden/Zuid has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 46%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1510%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4546%
NL median 22%
45–6520%
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
1.7 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
54% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
17% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
17,559 — 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 Weesperzijde-Midden/Zuid a safe neighbourhood?

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

In Weesperzijde-Midden/Zuid the police recorded 332 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 Weesperzijde-Midden/Zuid calculated?

Weesperzijde-Midden/Zuid scores 5.2 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 Weesperzijde-Midden/Zuid 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.