neighbourhood in Amsterdam

Wildeman

5,155 residents · postal code 1068 · Part of Osdorp-Oost, Amsterdam

Bottom 12% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

Sixteen thousand residents on one square kilometre: at that population density a 3.8 for quiet is hardly surprising. What is remarkable is that the share of tree canopy within three hundred metres comes out just above the national average. So it is not the lack of trees that gives Wildeman this figure, but the number of people on little land, the noise and the absence of greenery around it.

The 2.7 for wealth is, together with the safety figure, the lowest point, and property values are not even its most deviant component. Earners at the top are rare here, almost six in ten households have a low income, and social assistance use runs a multiple above the Dutch figure.

Set against that is a 9.2 for amenities: GP, supermarket and restaurant are all three close by. The railway station is not, and that is what holds the figure back most.

no. 11,613 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 410 of 454 in Amsterdam

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Is Wildeman a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Wildeman comes out at 44 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Wildeman 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.

Total crime

44.4 per 1,000

Violent crime

5.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.3 per 1,000

Property crime

13.1 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.8 per 1,000

In 2025, 313 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

4.4 km

Restaurant

0.3 km

Hospital

3.6 km

Café

0.4 km

Library

1.2 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

€ 299,000

Welfare recipients

91.2 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

58%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

10%

Social housing

85%

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

16,326 inw/km²

Noise level

54 dB

Green surroundings

40%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

3,789

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.5 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

0.6 km

Households with children

29%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

1.8 km

Residents under 15

17%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Wildeman has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 31%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1517%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4531%
NL median 22%
45–6522%
NL median 28%
65+18%
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
53% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
29% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
16,326 — 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 Wildeman a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Wildeman comes out at 44 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Wildeman 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 Wildeman?

In Wildeman the police recorded 313 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (44 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 Wildeman calculated?

Wildeman scores 3.3 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 Wildeman 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.