neighbourhood in Amsterdam

Zeeheldenbuurt

1,925 residents · postal code 1013 · Part of Spaarndammerbuurt/Zeeheldenbuurt, Amsterdam

Bottom 31% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

In Zeeheldenbuurt the primary school is four hundred metres away and more than a fifth of households have children. Together those two produce an 8.1 for families, by far this neighbourhood's strongest score and a standout for a place this close to the centre.

The safety pillar stays at a 3.7, and unlike in many inner-city areas that is not down to property crime alone here. Violence is almost twice above the national middle, and it carries the most weight of all four types.

The income side is ambivalent. Property value is above the Dutch middle, but four in ten households are in the lowest income group and the share of residents on social assistance is seven times above the median. That the score still lands at a 5.5 shows how heavily property value counts in that pillar.

no. 9,095 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 316 of 454 in Amsterdam

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Is Zeeheldenbuurt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Zeeheldenbuurt comes out at 28 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

The figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

28.3 per 1,000

Violent crime

4.2 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.1 per 1,000

Property crime

11.6 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.1 per 1,000

In 2025, 96 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

0.8 km

GP practice

0.8 km

Train station

2.0 km

Restaurant

0.2 km

Hospital

2.7 km

Café

0.3 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

€ 488,000

Welfare recipients

57.1 per 1,000

High incomes

23%

Low incomes

41%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

29%

Social housing

56%

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

21,129 inw/km²

Noise level

59 dB

Green surroundings

11%

Trees nearby

Water share

10%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

5,787

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.2 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

0.4 km

Households with children

22%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

1.3 km

Residents under 15

14%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Zeeheldenbuurt has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 35%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4535%
NL median 22%
45–6527%
NL median 28%
65+14%
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
59% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
22% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
21,129 — 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 Zeeheldenbuurt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Zeeheldenbuurt comes out at 28 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. 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 Zeeheldenbuurt?

In Zeeheldenbuurt the police recorded 96 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (28 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 Zeeheldenbuurt calculated?

Zeeheldenbuurt scores 4.8 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 Zeeheldenbuurt 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.