neighbourhood in Amsterdam

Wielingenbuurt

2,910 residents · postal code 1078 · Part of Scheldebuurt, Amsterdam

Top 16% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

The number of reported offences in Wielingenbuurt is below the national median, and that is exceptional for a place with nearly twenty-one thousand residents per square kilometre. Violence and criminal damage are both below it; only theft and burglary are above, burglary at more than double. Even so the pillar gets no higher than a 5.8, because burglary counts heavily within it.

Wealth & income reaches an 8.8, carried by a property value nearly double the national median and an income distribution well above the national one. It is not entirely uniform: social assistance and vacancy are both slightly above the national level.

The weak side is quiet & nature, at a 4.1. The tree canopy is above the national median, but greenery within three hundred metres stays at barely more than half of it and noise is above.

no. 2,038 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 46 of 454 in Amsterdam

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Is Wielingenbuurt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Wielingenbuurt comes out at 23 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood.

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Safety

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

Total crime

22.8 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.6 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.5 per 1,000

Property crime

13.3 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 109 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

0.4 km

GP practice

0.3 km

Train station

1.3 km

Restaurant

0.2 km

Hospital

3.1 km

Café

0.7 km

Library

1.4 km

Motorway ramp

1.3 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

€ 746,000

Welfare recipients

10.3 per 1,000

High incomes

41%

Low incomes

27%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

34%

Social housing

12%

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

20,856 inw/km²

Noise level

56 dB

Green surroundings

30%

Trees nearby

12%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

7,720

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.4 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

0.7 km

Households with children

24%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

0.7 km

Residents under 15

12%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Wielingenbuurt has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 41%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1512%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4541%
NL median 22%
45–6521%
NL median 28%
65+15%
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
1.9 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
45% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
24% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
20,856 — 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 Wielingenbuurt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Wielingenbuurt comes out at 23 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Wielingenbuurt?

In Wielingenbuurt the police recorded 109 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (23 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 Wielingenbuurt calculated?

Wielingenbuurt scores 8.8 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 Wielingenbuurt 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.