neighbourhood in Diemen

Centrum Oost

1,860 residents · postal code 1111 · Part of Diemen Centrum, Diemen

Top 47% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

Centrum Oost has the amenities of a town centre and pays for them on two pillars. Restaurant, GP and primary school are all within four hundred metres, which earns a 9.4, but the offence figure is a quarter above the national middle and quiet & nature gets no further than 3.2.

Among those offences burglary stands out: more than twice the national median, with violence above it too and property crime likewise. Only vandalism stays below. That burglary counts so heavily in the model explains why the safety pillar stalls at 3.8 on a total only modestly above the middle.

The wealth side is mixed in a way the 6.3 does not show. The share of households on a high income is well above the national middle and the share on a low income below it, but the social assistance rate is almost three times the median. Property values are only slightly above the national level, and they carry the most weight in this pillar.

no. 6,053 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 11 of 26 in Diemen

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Is Centrum Oost a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Centrum Oost comes out at 30 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

30.1 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.6 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.4 per 1,000

Property crime

13.4 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 82 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

0.4 km

Train station

1.4 km

Restaurant

0.2 km

Hospital

4.9 km

Café

0.6 km

Library

0.5 km

Motorway ramp

1.1 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

€ 450,000

Welfare recipients

21.5 per 1,000

High incomes

27%

Low incomes

33%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

42%

Social housing

26%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

26%

Built after 2000

33%

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

9,768 inw/km²

Noise level

58 dB

Green surroundings

31%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

3,190

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.0 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

29%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

2.9 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Centrum Oost has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 36%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4536%
NL median 22%
45–6522%
NL median 28%
65+16%
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
46% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
29% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
9,768 — 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 Centrum Oost a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Centrum Oost comes out at 30 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 Centrum Oost?

In Centrum Oost the police recorded 82 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (30 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 Centrum Oost calculated?

Centrum Oost 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 Centrum Oost 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.