Amsterdam is a safe city!
Amsterdam was listed as the fourth safest city in the world in the 2019 Safe Cities Index. Students also indicate that they experience Amsterdam as a safe place to live.
Precautions
As with any city, it is always helpful to take precautions against ‘petty crime’.
Safety is a mutual effort.
Together you create safety in your building, each individual user improves it by taking responsibility on a daily base:
House safety
- Double lock your room door at all times.
- Close your windows and curtains when you leave.
- When you let someone in from your room, please check if you know the person.
- Make sure your personal possessions are insured.
Building Safety
- Make sure all general doors are locked.
- Report any malfunction of locks or doors immediately via our website.
Bike safety
- Always lock both wheel and frame properly and lock it to a bicycle rack.
- Consider to rent a bike since they are insured against theft.
If the building needs to be evacuated:
- Stay calm and go outside to the meeting point.
- Close doors and windows.
- If there is smoke:
- Keep down close to the floor;
- Follow the wall (keep the back of your hand against it).
- First evacuate areas close to the fire, then those on the same floor, and then those on floors above the fire.
What to do if there is a fire or emergency situation?
- Warn other residents.
- Break the glass on one of the fire alarms in the building.
- If there is a dangerous situation, call the emergency number 112.
- Without endangering yourself or others, try to put out the fire with the fire extinguishers provided.
- Close doors and windows.
- Leave the building as quickly as possible.
- Do not use an elevator!
- Follow the instructions of the firefighters or (if present) the Resident Assistants.