neighbourhood in Nissewaard

Centrum-Zuid

2,115 residents · postal code 3201 · Part of Centrum, Nissewaard

Bottom 1% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

More than four times as many reported offences as in the average Dutch neighbourhood: that is the figure everything in Centrum-Zuid turns on. The make-up matters more than the total. Violence runs eight times above the national median, and that describes something other than a busy shopping area where bicycles disappear. The 2.6 for safety follows directly from it.

The 7.5 for amenities stands out, because the nearest railway station is almost sixteen kilometres away. That pillar is carried by what is close: supermarket, GP and restaurant are all around the corner. For anyone living without a car that is a real difference, as long as the journey stays inside Nissewaard.

The wealth & income figures all point the same way here. Social assistance is far above the national level, vacancy is well over double it, and property values stay a long way below the median. Not one component pulls in the other direction.

no. 13,013 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 77 of 78 in Nissewaard

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Is Centrum-Zuid a safe neighbourhood?

The figures ⌄

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

101.4 per 1,000

Violent crime

18.6 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.4 per 1,000

Property crime

23.4 per 1,000

Vandalism

6.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 303 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

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Amenities

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Supermarket

0.8 km

GP practice

0.8 km

Train station

15.8 km

Restaurant

0.4 km

Hospital

0.7 km

Café

0.6 km

Library

1.1 km

Motorway ramp

1.7 km

Tick = Dutch median

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Wealth & income

What the homes are worth, what residents earn and how many homes stand empty. It describes the area, not the people living in it.

Property value

€ 217,000

Welfare recipients

52.0 per 1,000

High incomes

11%

Low incomes

46%

Vacancy

10%

Owner-occupied

25%

Social housing

56%

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Single-family homes

13%

Built after 2000

Tick = Dutch median

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Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.

Population density

8,148 inw/km²

Noise level

54 dB

Green surroundings

33%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Addresses per km²

3,344

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.6 µg/m³

Not part of the grade: air quality varies mostly between regions, barely between neighbourhoods within one municipality. WHO guideline: 5 µg/m³. Calculated annual mean, RIVM 2024.

Tick = Dutch median

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Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.

Primary school

1.1 km

Households with children

31%

Childcare

1.3 km

Secondary school

0.7 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Centrum-Zuid has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 31%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–2513%
NL median 11%
25–4531%
NL median 22%
45–6522%
NL median 28%
65+18%
NL median 22%

Share of residents per age group (CBS, 2025). All five bars share one scale, so their lengths can be compared with each other.

Average household size
1.9 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
45% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
31% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
8,148 — far more densely populated than average
NL median 2,364

Tick = Dutch median. Households with children counts towards Families, population density towards Quiet & nature; the other figures here get no grade.

Frequently asked questions

Is Centrum-Zuid a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Centrum-Zuid comes out at 101 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Centrum-Zuid is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes. One caveat: the figure counts per person present, not per resident. In a neighbourhood with many visitors — a centre, a station, a shopping area — it therefore comes out higher than residents experience. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Centrum-Zuid?

In Centrum-Zuid the police recorded 303 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (101 per 1,000) is not simply that count divided by the number of residents: we count residents plus workplaces, so a shopping street or station is not unfairly penalised, and for small counts we pull the figure towards the national average — otherwise a single incident would make a small neighbourhood look unsafe.

How is the grade for Centrum-Zuid calculated?

Centrum-Zuid scores 2.5 as its total score. That grade is a national position: we weigh five equally heavy scores — safety, amenities, wealth & income, quiet & nature and families — and see where Centrum-Zuid lands among every neighbourhood in the Netherlands. So it is not the mean of the five grades, but a place in the queue. All from open data published by CBS and the police.