Officially recorded crime for every municipality - 342 in total - with rates per
1,000 residents, on an interactive map you can zoom from the whole country down to street level.
Data period: calendar year 2025. Sources: data.politie.nl registered crime · CBS population and boundaries.
Safest areas in the Netherlands
Bronckhorst - 14.1 crimes / 1,000 residents
Dalfsen - 14.6 crimes / 1,000 residents
Tubbergen - 14.7 crimes / 1,000 residents
Scherpenzeel - 15.1 crimes / 1,000 residents
Urk - 15.3 crimes / 1,000 residents
Highest recorded crime
Amsterdam - 85.6 crimes / 1,000 residents
Rotterdam - 78.5 crimes / 1,000 residents
Eindhoven - 75.1 crimes / 1,000 residents
Ouder-Amstel - 75.1 crimes / 1,000 residents
Utrecht - 73.0 crimes / 1,000 residents
Read the numbers honestly. Rates are per 1,000 residents, so city centres
and tourist areas look worse than they feel - many visitors, few residents. Recorded crime is not the same as how
safe a place feels, and recording practices differ between countries, so compare within the Netherlands only.