neighbourhood in Rotterdam

Bergpolder

8,050 residents · postal code 3038 · Part of Noord, Rotterdam

Bottom 41% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

Bergpolder gets a 7.1 for families while only one in eight households here has children. That pillar mainly measures distance — the primary school is a few minutes' walk away — and not how many children live there. As an accessibility figure it is right; as a picture of the population it is not.

The crime total lies well above the Dutch middle, but not in every category. Theft is more than twice as high, vandalism almost three times, while violence comes in exactly at the national level and burglary stays below it. So a 5.0 for safety says something here about what disappears and about broken property, and not about the risk of violence.

The price is paid on quiet. The measured noise is more than ten decibels above the Dutch middle and the greenery in the immediate surroundings stays far below it. Against that, supermarket, GP and restaurant are all around the corner.

no. 7,803 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 17 of 81 in Rotterdam

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Is Bergpolder 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

41.7 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.3 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.3 per 1,000

Property crime

20.4 per 1,000

Vandalism

6.4 per 1,000

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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Amenities

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

Supermarket

0.6 km

GP practice

0.4 km

Train station

2.2 km

Restaurant

0.3 km

Hospital

1.1 km

Café

0.4 km

Library

2.2 km

Motorway ramp

0.7 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

€ 317,000

Welfare recipients

38.5 per 1,000

High incomes

23%

Low incomes

34%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

36%

Social housing

20%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

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

18,198 inw/km²

Noise level

62 dB

Green surroundings

36%

Trees nearby

12%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

5,983

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.4 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

0.5 km

Households with children

12%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

0.6 km

Residents under 15

Tick = Dutch median

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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

Is Bergpolder a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Bergpolder comes out at 42 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Bergpolder 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 Bergpolder?

In Bergpolder the police recorded 538 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (42 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 Bergpolder calculated?

Bergpolder scores 5.5 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 Bergpolder 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.