About 500meters
500meters answers one question: what is actually happening around an Amsterdam address? Type a street and you get everything within a 500-metre radius: public complaints, registered crimes, neighbourhood statistics, residents and age mix, the average property value over time, supermarkets and transit, schools, GPs and pharmacies, bars and restaurants, energy labels, and planned construction.
When you're deciding where to live, the noise complaints, nuisance reports, crime figures, and development plans matter as much as the square metres, but they're scattered across a dozen municipal systems. 500meters pulls them into a single page, so an address is more than its photos and asking price.
Where the data comes from
- Public complaints (MORA): over a million reports to Gemeente Amsterdam, synced every 30 minutes.
- Neighbourhood statistics (BBGA): income, inequality, home ownership, social housing, residents and age, plus the average WOZ property value over time, from the city's open data.
- Registered crime (police / CBS): the most recent year the police publish, broken down by type.
- Bars & restaurants: horeca licences, synced daily.
- Supermarkets, transit, schools & healthcare: supermarkets, stops, schools, GPs, pharmacies and hospitals from OpenStreetMap.
- Energy labels & construction plans: from Gemeente Amsterdam APIs.
A few caveats
This is a research tool, not an official record. Complaint and crime data reflect what gets reported: busy, well-monitored areas often show more activity simply because more people report things. The sources are not equally fresh either: crime figures run to a previous year, and neighbourhood statistics lag by a couple. Read the numbers as a starting point, not a verdict on a neighbourhood.
500meters is independent and open source. It isn't affiliated with Gemeente Amsterdam. Get in touch with questions, corrections, or ideas.
Frequently asked questions
What is 500meters?
500meters is a free tool that shows what is happening within 500 metres of any Amsterdam address: public complaints, registered crime, neighbourhood statistics, residents and age mix, average property value over time, transit and supermarkets, schools, GPs and pharmacies, bars and restaurants, energy labels and planned construction.
Where does the data come from?
Public sources. Gemeente Amsterdam provides complaints (MORA), neighbourhood statistics (BBGA), horeca licences, energy labels and construction plans. Crime figures come from the police and CBS. Supermarkets, transit, schools and healthcare come from OpenStreetMap. WOZ property values come from the city's open data.
How current is the data?
Each source updates on its own schedule. Complaints sync every 30 minutes. Crime figures are the most recent year the police publish (currently 2025). Neighbourhood statistics such as income and housing lag by a couple of years because the city releases them annually (currently 2023). Amenities refresh daily.
Is 500meters official or affiliated with the city?
No. 500meters is independent and open source. It is not affiliated with Gemeente Amsterdam or the police, and it is a research tool rather than an official record.
Which areas does it cover?
Amsterdam only, for now. You can search any address in the city or browse every Amsterdam neighbourhood (buurt) by name.