Where residents feel safest in the evening, by neighbourhood (2025)
Crime figures count incidents; this counts how people feel. Every two years the city asks residents how safe they feel in their own neighbourhood in the evening, from 1 to 10 (Wonen in Amsterdam survey). These are the average scores for 344 buurten (2025), safest first.
Amsterdam average: 7.1
Where do residents feel safest in Amsterdam?
Residents of Lanenrijk (Bloemendalerpolder) feel safest in the evening: they scored 9 out of 10 in 2025, followed by Leeuwenveld (8.7) and Cremerbuurt-Oost (8.6). The Amsterdam average was 7.1.
By stadsdeel (borough)
Score out of 10 per stadsdeel in 2025, against the Amsterdam average of 7.1.
How this list is made
- Source: residents' average score for feeling safe in their neighbourhood in the evening, 1 to 10 (BBGA indicator VVEILIGAVOND_R), Wonen in Amsterdam survey, most recent round (2025).
- Buurten with fewer than 500 residents are left out, and the city reports no score where fewer than 20 residents answered.
- Feeling safe and registered crime do not always line up; look at both.
- The survey runs every two years; this table refreshes automatically when a new round is published.
Frequently asked questions
Where do residents feel least safe at night?
Hoptille (H-buurt) scored lowest in 2025: 4.4 out of 10, against 7.1 across Amsterdam.
Does feeling safe match the crime figures?
Partly. Of the 25 buurten where residents feel safest, 24 also recorded less crime per resident than the Amsterdam average in 2025. Things like lighting, how busy a street is at night and nuisance also shape the feeling.
In which stadsdeel do residents feel safest?
Residents of Weesp gave the highest average score for evening safety of the stadsdelen in 2025 (7.9), residents of Nieuw-West the lowest (6.1).