Amsterdam crime rate by district (2025)
A single busy street can swing a neighbourhood ranking. This table zooms out to the 108 wijken (districts) of Amsterdam with at least 1,000 residents, ranked by registered crimes per 1,000 residents in 2025, highest first. Districts with offices, stations or nightlife and few residents rise to the top, because the rate divides by residents only.
Amsterdam average: 86
Which district of Amsterdam has the most crime?
By registered crimes per 1,000 residents, Burgwallen-Nieuwe Zijde (Centrum) had the highest rate of any district with at least 1,000 residents in 2025: 1,086, followed by Sloterdijk Nieuw-West (790) and Burgwallen-Oude Zijde (574). The Amsterdam average was 86.
Only districts (wijken) with at least 1,000 residents are ranked. Lists that rank every area regardless of size make exactly that mistake.
How this list is made
- Source: registered crime per 1,000 residents (BBGA indicator VMISDRIJF_1000INW) per wijk, most recent published year (2025).
- Districts with fewer than 1,000 residents are excluded; rates over tiny populations are noise.
- Each district covers several buurten; open one to see which neighbourhoods and crime types drive its rate.
- This table refreshes automatically when the municipality publishes a new year.
Frequently asked questions
Which district of Amsterdam has the least crime?
Aetsveld/Oostelijke Vechtoever (Weesp) had the lowest rate in 2025: 20 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 86 for Amsterdam as a whole.
Why do some districts have such high rates?
The rate divides crimes by residents, so a district with offices, a station, shops or nightlife and relatively few residents scores high even when the streets where people live are calm. Open a district and its neighbourhoods to see where the crimes are registered.