Amsterdam Crime Registrations Drop While Victim Reports Surge in 2025

Registered crime in Amsterdam fell between 2024 and 2025 after rising in the two prior years. Police recorded just over 80,000 offences in 2025, down from the previous period though still above the low point of just over 64,000 reached in 2021. The criminaliteitsindex for the city also declined, matching a light drop across the Amsterdam-Amstelland safety region.

The drop in registered offences was not matched by residents’ own reports of victimisation. The slachtofferschapsindex rose in Amsterdam and across the region. High-volume crime victimisation increased, as did reports of high-impact crime and digital offences. The largest rise occurred in stadsdeel Oost, where the index moved from 98 to 107, driven mainly by more high-volume crime.

Neighbourhood shifts and overlast

Some neighbourhoods moved sharply in opposite directions. The H-buurt in Zuidoost recorded the strongest increase in the criminaliteitsindex, rising from 99 to 156. Waterland saw the largest fall, from 164 to 110. High-volume crime rose sharply in Oosterparkbuurt while zakkenrollerij fell on Burgwallen-Oude Zijde.

Residents also reported more overlast. The overlastindex increased in both Amsterdam and the wider region, led by complaints about persons. The Haarlemmerbuurt showed the largest jump, followed by Amsterdamse Poort where both persons-overlast and verloedering rose. In 2024 police issued roughly 2,200 verblijfsverboden, many in the large overlastgebied covering much of Centrum.

Sexual boundary-crossing and street intimidation remained steady or slightly higher. Three percent of respondents to the Veiligheidsmonitor in both 2024 and 2025 said they had been touched against their will for sexual reasons in the previous year. Street intimidation affected 45 percent of respondents in 2024, up from 42 percent in 2022, with young women aged 15-34 reporting the highest rates at 72 percent.

Next steps for monitoring

City research bureau O&S reviews every long-term camera project every two years to check whether continued surveillance remains proportionate to local crime, safety and overlast levels. The same bureau monitors overlastgebieden on the same two-year cycle. These reviews will determine whether existing camera placements and verblijfsverboden stay in place or are adjusted in the areas where indices moved most sharply.