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neighbourhood in Amsterdam

Westerdokseiland

1,845 residents · postal code 1013 · Part of Haarlemmerbuurt, Amsterdam

  • no. 2,029 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 74 of 454 in Amsterdam

Scores per pillar

The Westerdokseiland is a wholly post-2000 slice of Amsterdam: not a single family house, a density of nearly 12,000 per square kilometre and an average property value of €832,000, double the national midpoint. Amenities score 9.4, with a restaurant a hundred metres away. Safety stays the weak point at 4.0 — 37 offences per 1,000 people present, above the median.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
0.7 km
General practitioner
0.2 km
Primary school
1.0 km
Secondary school
0.7 km
Childcare
0.2 km
Train station
1.2 km
Hospital
2.0 km
Restaurant
0.1 km
Café
0.4 km
Library
1.7 km

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year (residents plus business activity, see method). Small neighbourhoods are statistically smoothed.

Total crimes
37.3
Violent crimes
1.8
Burglaries
0.6

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 832,000
Owner-occupied
42%
Single-family homes
0%
Built after 2000
100%
Income per resident

Who lives here

0–15 11%15–25 9%25–45 28%45–65 29%65+ 23%
Average household size
1.8
Households with children
22%
Single-person households
45%
Residents per km²
11,829

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Westerdokseiland calculated?

Westerdokseiland scores 8.8 overall. That is a weighted average of five pillars: safety, amenities, housing, social & income, and nature & quiet. Each pillar compares this neighbourhood with every other neighbourhood in the Netherlands, using open data from CBS and the police.

Is Westerdokseiland a safe neighbourhood?

Westerdokseiland scores 4.0 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (37.3 per year). The national median is around 24.1.