Crime in Amsterdam, Netherlands

People dealing and using drugs is a moderate problem in Amsterdam? Yeah right

My boyfriend and I spent a week there in July and we felt relatively safe. We have been to the city centre also during the night a few times and it was all fine. We have noticed though the high population of Arabs and black people, with especially the Arabic looking guys appearing to be very confident, loud and semi-aggressive, trying to intimidate people just by their demeanour. Its a shame because Amsterdam is such a beautiful city and its sad to see this transformation there and also in so many other European cities.

Hi.. I've just noticed that your page has excluded two major elements of safety within the city of Amsterdam. I'm a dutch gay woman and have experienced many accounts of assault and sexual assault because of my gender and sexual orientation. I'm shocked to find that neither of these are a topic in your statistics as they are a major problem within the city. The reason that had drawn me to the page to begin with is that on the Sunday 21st may I experienced two violating and humiliating experiences on account of my gender/sexuality, one of them was inside of a bar when both my girlfriend and I after seeking toilet facilities (they're only facilitate for males) we had to go into a bar where a group of man obstructed the pathway to walk thought forcing us to push through a wall of drunk, sexually charged and verbally abusive men. The second assault happened near the relight district where I had taken my girlfriend to people watch and see the other side of Amsterdam. Not that it matters but to curb the obvious imagination, I don't drink alcohol, these where sober experiences. When leaving the district on Oudezijdsachterburgwal while walking past a group of 4 man one reached out and aggressively grabbed my buttocks. Crime against women and crime against sexuality are very much present in the city and I think you should update your website to include this.