neighbourhood in Amsterdam

Weesperzijde-Noord

1,950 residents · postal code 1091 · Part of Weesperzijde, Amsterdam

Top 43% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

Burglary in Weesperzijde-Noord sits almost six times above the national middle and property crime more than four times, while violence and vandalism are barely above it. That ratio makes the 3.1 for safety readable: this is about possessions, and burglary carries more than a quarter of that pillar.

The wealth & income pillar reaches an 8.3, carried by a property value one and a half times the Dutch middle and a highest income group twice as broad as nationally. The share of residents on social assistance is slightly above it, but that does not tip the picture.

The quiet & nature pillar stays at a 3.1. More than a fifth of the surface is water, but greenery within three hundred metres does not exceed a sixth, the noise level is ten decibels above the median and population density is high. Living on the quay here is something other than living in the green.

no. 5,617 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 167 of 454 in Amsterdam

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Is Weesperzijde-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

57.7 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.4 per 1,000

Burglaries

3.4 per 1,000

Property crime

40.8 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.6 per 1,000

In 2025, 214 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

0.3 km

GP practice

0.6 km

Train station

1.7 km

Restaurant

0.1 km

Hospital

1.0 km

Café

0.3 km

Library

1.0 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

€ 638,000

Welfare recipients

10.3 per 1,000

High incomes

39%

Low incomes

30%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

47%

Social housing

21%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

Built after 2000

10%

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

16,805 inw/km²

Noise level

62 dB

Green surroundings

17%

Trees nearby

Water share

21%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

10,223

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.6 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

15%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

0.5 km

Residents under 15

10%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Weesperzijde-Noord has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 48%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1510%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4548%
NL median 22%
45–6522%
NL median 28%
65+8%
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
56% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
15% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
16,805 — 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-Noord a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Weesperzijde-Noord comes out at 58 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Weesperzijde-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 Weesperzijde-Noord?

In Weesperzijde-Noord the police recorded 214 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (58 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-Noord calculated?

Weesperzijde-Noord scores 6.8 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 Weesperzijde-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.