neighbourhood in Diemen

Buytenstee

1,900 residents · postal code 1111 · Part of Diemen Noord, Diemen

Top 6% in the Netherlands

Well-off, but not spacious

Buytenstee combines something that rarely goes together: not a single social assistance claim per thousand residents, property values almost one and a half times the national median, and at the same time a GP three hundred metres away and the railway station just over a kilometre off. The wealth & income pillar checks out on every component — the share of low incomes is ten points below the national middle too.

The safety figures tell a story of types. Violence is at a third of the median and burglary at two thirds of it, while vandalism comes out well above. Because violence and burglary together determine nearly six tenths of that pillar, the 8.6 holds up.

The weak spot is quiet & nature, at 5.1. Greenery within three hundred metres does not reach the national middle, tree canopy only just clears it, and noise is almost six decibels above the median — the last of which is what you get living this close to a station and a main road. Proximity has an audible price here.

no. 760 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 2 of 26 in Diemen

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Is Buytenstee a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Buytenstee comes out at 19 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer 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

18.6 per 1,000

Violent crime

0.8 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.4 per 1,000

Property crime

7.7 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.8 per 1,000

In 2025, 46 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.

Supermarket

0.8 km

GP practice

0.3 km

Train station

1.1 km

Restaurant

0.8 km

Hospital

6.4 km

Café

2.2 km

Library

1.8 km

Motorway ramp

1.7 km

Tick = Dutch median

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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.

Property value

€ 606,000

Welfare recipients

0.0 per 1,000

High incomes

32%

Low incomes

28%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

63%

Social housing

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

72%

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

5,309 inw/km²

Noise level

57 dB

Green surroundings

45%

Trees nearby

11%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,255

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.6 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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The figures ⌄

Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.

Primary school

0.8 km

Households with children

37%

Childcare

0.7 km

Secondary school

4.4 km

Residents under 15

15%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Buytenstee looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1515%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4524%
NL median 22%
45–6527%
NL median 28%
65+23%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
29% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
37% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,309 — 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 Buytenstee a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Buytenstee comes out at 19 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Buytenstee?

In Buytenstee the police recorded 46 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (19 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 Buytenstee calculated?

Buytenstee scores 9.6 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 Buytenstee 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.