neighbourhood in Rotterdam
Bergpolder
8,050 residents · postal code 3038 · Part of Noord, Rotterdam
Barely a single-family home stands in Bergpolder: this is stacked northern Rotterdam at 18,000 residents per square kilometre, where nearly two-thirds of households are people living alone. Amenities score an almost perfect 9.6, yet space and quiet are all but absent at 3.0. Crime runs above the national average at 42 offences per thousand. Owner-occupied flats are rare — close to two-thirds of homes are rented.
- no. 7,803 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 17 of 81 in Rotterdam
How Bergpolder scores
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The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 538 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
Bergpolder has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 55%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–158%
NL median 14%
- 15–2514%
NL median 11%
- 25–4555%
NL median 22%
- 45–6517%
NL median 28%
- 65+7%
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
1.5 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
64% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
12% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
18,198 — 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
How is the grade for Bergpolder calculated?
Bergpolder scores 5.5 as its total score. That grade is a national position: we weigh four equally heavy scores — safety, amenities, wealth & income and quiet & nature — and see where Bergpolder lands among every neighbourhood in the Netherlands. So it is not the mean of the four grades, but a place in the queue. All from open data published by CBS and the police.
Is Bergpolder a safe neighbourhood?
Bergpolder scores 5.0 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (41.7 per year). The national median is around 24.1.
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