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Police figures for 2025 and to September 2026

Safest and least safe places in the Netherlands

Bike theft, burglary, theft from cars, pickpocketing and violence, gemeente by gemeente: how often the police record them where you live, compared with the rest of the country and with towns your size.

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FewerMore, per 1,000 residents

Where crime is recorded

Among towns of 50,000 people or more, the police record the most crime per resident in Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Eindhoven, and the least in Westerkwartier, De Fryske Marren and Goeree-Overflakkee. The Dutch average is 45.2 crimes per 1,000 residents a year. Darker means more.

Bike theft

The most common theft the police record. Amsterdam records 14.2 stolen bikes per 1,000 residents a year, 2.6 times the Dutch rate; Groningen and Nijmegen follow.

Home burglary

Across the Netherlands about 1 home in 385 was burgled in 2025. The rate is highest in Amstelveen, Utrechtse Heuvelrug and Roosendaal: 1 home in 185 in Amstelveen.

Violence

Assault, threats, public violence and street robbery together: highest in Rotterdam, Amsterdam and Heerlen. City centres with nightlife count incidents involving people who live elsewhere. The Dutch rate is 4.3 per 1,000 residents.

Arson and explosions

Fires set on purpose and explosions, including explosives set off at front doors: 3.1 recorded per 10,000 residents across the country in 2025, most among larger towns in Arnhem, Bergen op Zoom and Assen.

And where you live?

Look up your gemeente or tap it on the map: what is recorded there, how it compares with towns its size, and what changed this year.

Towns compared, by size

Small towns and big cities are compared within their own size group, as rates swing more where few people live.

32 gemeenten with 100,000 residents or more.

Lowest recorded crime

  1. Westland29.5
  2. Alphen aan den Rijn34.3
  3. Ede36.6
  4. Emmen37.6
  5. Almere41.0
  6. Zoetermeer43.8
  7. Deventer44.8
  8. Amersfoort45.1
  9. Apeldoorn45.4
  10. Zaanstad47.2

Highest recorded crime

  1. Amsterdam87.4
  2. Rotterdam80.1
  3. Eindhoven77.6
  4. Utrecht74.4
  5. The Hague70.1
  6. Arnhem67.6
  7. Enschede65.0
  8. Nijmegen64.0
  9. Breda61.6
  10. Groningen61.2

64 gemeenten with 50,000 to 100,000 residents.

180 gemeenten with 20,000 to 50,000 residents.

Lowest recorded crime

  1. Bronckhorst14.3
  2. Dalfsen14.6
  3. Tubbergen14.8
  4. Urk15.5
  5. Opsterland17.2
  6. Borger-Odoorn17.4
  7. Noordenveld17.4
  8. Raalte17.7
  9. Aalten17.8
  10. De Wolden18.1

Highest recorded crime

  1. Vlissingen54.5
  2. Diemen52.2
  3. Kerkrade50.5
  4. Brunssum49.7
  5. Goes49.5
  6. Tiel46.1
  7. Zutphen45.2
  8. Gorinchem44.6
  9. Oldambt44.4
  10. Beverwijk43.5

62 gemeenten with under 20,000 residents.

Lowest recorded crime

  1. Scherpenzeel15.6
  2. Hattem17.8
  3. Staphorst17.8
  4. Dantumadiel18.0
  5. Westerveld18.8
  6. Lopik19.5
  7. Montfoort19.5
  8. Heerde20.3
  9. Nederweert20.4
  10. Opmeer20.4

How to read these figures

Recorded, not experienced
These are crimes the police registered, from a report or from their own checks. Crimes nobody reports are missing, so a town where people report more can look worse. The survey line in each card shows how safe residents themselves feel.
Visitors count too
A town with a busy centre, nightlife, a station or tourists counts crimes against people who do not live there, so its rate per resident looks higher than the risk for residents. Compare a town with towns like it.
Small numbers
A change this year is shown only when at least 20 such crimes were recorded in both periods; from 2 to 4 is not a doubling of risk.
Burglary per home
Home burglary is counted per 1,000 households, so "1 in 300 homes" reads as the chance for one household in a year.

Sources

Police, registered crime by gemeente, monthly (table 47013NED)

CBS, registered crime per 1,000 residents by gemeente (table 83648NED)

CBS, residents and households by gemeente, 2025 (table 86165NED)

CBS, Veiligheidsmonitor 2025: feeling unsafe (table 85146NED)

PDOK, CBS municipal boundaries 2026

Last updated 6 November 2026. The police publish their figures every month and CBS once a year; we update this page when they appear.

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