neighbourhood in Amsterdam
Weteringbuurt
2,440 residents · postal code 1017 · Part of De Weteringschans, Amsterdam
Everything close by, safety lags
Six in ten reported offences in the Weteringbuurt are property crime, but the story is not that only possessions go missing: violence here is one and a half times above the national median and vandalism and burglary are above it too. All four types, then, which broadly supports the 3.3 for safety.
The wealth & income pillar reaches an 8.2 on a property value far above the Dutch average, with one clear exception: the vacancy rate is more than three times the median. On quiet & nature the water rescues the figure somewhat, since a seventh of the surface area consists of it, while greenery is scarce at this building density. That the families figure stalls at a 5.8 fits a population containing few children, even though the primary school is close by.
- no. 6,063 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 187 of 454 in Amsterdam
How Weteringbuurt scores
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Is Weteringbuurt a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Weteringbuurt comes out at 46 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Weteringbuurt is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 225 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.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄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.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Quiet & nature
How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
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
The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Tick = Dutch median
Who lives here
Weteringbuurt has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 43%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–158%
NL median 14%
- 15–2514%
NL median 11%
- 25–4543%
NL median 22%
- 45–6522%
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
1.5 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
62% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
13% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
20,542 — 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 Weteringbuurt a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Weteringbuurt comes out at 46 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Weteringbuurt 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 Weteringbuurt?
In Weteringbuurt the police recorded 225 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (46 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 Weteringbuurt calculated?
Weteringbuurt scores 6.5 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 Weteringbuurt 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.
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