neighbourhood in Rotterdam
Afrikaanderwijk
8,640 residents · postal code 3072 · Part of Feijenoord, Rotterdam
Everything close by, little space
Two figures in the Afrikaanderwijk are at odds with each other: a 9.5 for families and a 2.8 for wealth. The first comes not from the children but from the distance: the primary school is a couple of hundred metres away. The second comes from almost everything at once: more than half of the households in the lowest income group, a social assistance figure of more than ten times the national middle, and a property value far below the Dutch median.
In the crime figures something stands out that you would not expect. Violence and theft both lie at almost three times the national level, but burglary stays below it — the only component that does not join in.
Quiet comes out at a 2.5, one of the lowest in the country: barely any greenery within walking distance, few trees and noise well above the median.
- no. 11,237 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 52 of 81 in Rotterdam
How Afrikaanderwijk scores
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Is Afrikaanderwijk a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Afrikaanderwijk comes out at 63 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Afrikaanderwijk is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 756 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
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The figures ⌄Amenities
Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄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.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Quiet & nature
How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
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
The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Tick = Dutch median
Who lives here
Afrikaanderwijk has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 31%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1516%
NL median 14%
- 15–2514%
NL median 11%
- 25–4531%
NL median 22%
- 45–6524%
NL median 28%
- 65+15%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
46% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
35% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
13,931 — 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 Afrikaanderwijk a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Afrikaanderwijk comes out at 63 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Afrikaanderwijk 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 Afrikaanderwijk?
In Afrikaanderwijk the police recorded 756 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (63 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 Afrikaanderwijk calculated?
Afrikaanderwijk scores 3.6 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 Afrikaanderwijk 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.
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