neighbourhood in Diemen

Ruimzicht Oost

2,510 residents · postal code 1111 · Part of Diemen Centrum, Diemen

Bottom 28% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, safety lags

Violence is recorded in Ruimzicht Oost almost three times as often as is usual nationally, and that is the component weighing heaviest in the safety pillar. That is where the 3.1 comes from, not from burglary or theft, which sit close to the Dutch middle.

The neighbourhood simultaneously scores 8.8 for amenities and 8.8 for families: supermarket, GP, station and restaurant are all within a kilometre, the primary school four hundred metres away. What a resident gains here in practical access, they lose in space and in a calm crime picture. The 3.2 for quiet & nature follows from high density and noise above the median; the 4.4 for wealth & income sits between the extremes, with a low property value and much social assistance but no vacancy to speak of.

no. 9,534 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 20 of 26 in Diemen

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Is Ruimzicht Oost a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Ruimzicht Oost comes out at 34 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

34.4 per 1,000

Violent crime

6.6 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.1 per 1,000

Property crime

10.0 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.2 per 1,000

In 2025, 117 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

0.9 km

GP practice

0.5 km

Train station

1.0 km

Restaurant

0.4 km

Hospital

5.3 km

Café

1.1 km

Library

0.7 km

Motorway ramp

1.5 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

€ 378,000

Welfare recipients

31.9 per 1,000

High incomes

16%

Low incomes

43%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

35%

Social housing

38%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

15%

Built after 2000

11%

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

8,718 inw/km²

Noise level

56 dB

Green surroundings

47%

Trees nearby

11%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,663

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.9 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

34%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

3.3 km

Residents under 15

15%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

0–1515%
NL median 14%
15–2513%
NL median 11%
25–4531%
NL median 22%
45–6523%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
43% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
34% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
8,718 — 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 Ruimzicht Oost a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Ruimzicht Oost comes out at 34 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 Ruimzicht Oost?

In Ruimzicht Oost the police recorded 117 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (34 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 Ruimzicht Oost calculated?

Ruimzicht Oost scores 4.5 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 Ruimzicht 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.